Publisher: Pragma Publishing
Online publication date: December 2023
Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.62483/47046093
Attila Mráz and Annabelle Lever
ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a descriptive overview of the most significant, ethically relevant features of democratic political systems and electoral institutions in Europe rather than a comprehensive empirical overview of these systems and institutions. To this purpose, the chapter pursues two objectives:
This paves the way for the evaluation of political and electoral systems in terms of the ethical burdens they impose on the voter, summarising relevant descriptive findings in political science in ways that are helpful in themselves, but relevant also to the civic educational aspects of REDEM project.