000109329 001__ 109329 000109329 005__ 20240410085606.0 000109329 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.5944/RDP.112.2021.32219 000109329 0248_ $$2sideral$$a124614 000109329 037__ $$aART-2021-124614 000109329 041__ $$aspa 000109329 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4741-7412$$aGarrido López Carlos$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000109329 245__ $$aCrisis of the representative model and proposals to promote direct democracy [Crisis del paradigma representativo y propuestas de impulso de la democracia directa] 000109329 260__ $$c2021 000109329 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000109329 5203_ $$aRepresentative democracy experiences a serious crisis of legitimacy. The economic recession and the surge of indignation resulting from the State''s inability to deal with it have casted doubts on the representative model. This, in turn, has reopened the debate on the incorporation of new forms of citizen participation in collective decisions, on their usefulness and on their compatibility with representative democracy. In this context, forms of direct participation have recovered their leading role since they -with the appropriate guarantees- may contribute to complete election democracy with more involvement and intervention of citizens in the formation of the general will. The regulation of these forms of participation in Spain is highly restrictive, and its practical balance very limited. The situation is quite different in other occidental democracies, where citizens'' initiatives -particularly referenda- are normalized instruments for political participation functioning as a complement and counterbalance to representative democracy. The regulation and practice of direct democracy in these countries - which this work analyzes together with the deficiencies of the Spanish case- may serve as a model for a more incisive and generous regulation of these forms of political participation in a future and necessary reform of the Spanish Constitution. © 2021 Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia. All rights reserved. 000109329 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000109329 592__ $$a0.347$$b2021 000109329 594__ $$a0.6$$b2021 000109329 593__ $$aPolitical Science and International Relations$$c2021$$dQ2 000109329 593__ $$aLaw$$c2021$$dQ2 000109329 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000109329 7102_ $$14005$$2135$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Derecho Público$$cÁrea Derecho Constitucional 000109329 773__ $$g112 (2021), 139-173$$tRevista de Derecho Politico$$x0211-979X 000109329 8564_ $$s719482$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109329/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000109329 8564_ $$s290378$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109329/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000109329 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:109329$$particulos$$pdriver 000109329 951__ $$a2024-04-10-08:42:55 000109329 980__ $$aARTICLE