Complementary Development and Harmonization of Direct Democracy in Local Autonomy - A Constitutional Review of the Resident Recall and Resident Ordinance Initiative Systems

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Direct democracy in local autonomy should serve as a supplementary mechanism to the representative system, requiring institutional designs that balance deliberative quality, representative accountability, and administrative stability rather than simply relaxing participation requirements. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Joo-Hyung Cho

doi:10.21051/ps.2026.08.34.2.117

August 31, 2026Peace Studies

Complementary Development and Harmonization of Direct Democracy in Local Autonomy - A Constitutional Review of the Resident Recall and Resident Ordinance Initiative Systems

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To examine the constitutional meaning and limitations of direct democracy within local autonomy, focusing on optimizing resident recall and ordinance initiative systems.
Conducted a constitutional analysis of the structural relationship between direct democracy and representative local autonomy.
Evaluated institutional friction points between resident participation efficacy and local administrative stability within the context of recall and initiative systems.
Identified direct democracy mechanisms as constitutional complements designed to supplement, rather than supplant, representative local governance.
Established that reform requires enhancing deliberative quality, representative accountability, and administrative stability rather than uniformly lowering petition and procedural thresholds.

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Constitutional review reveals direct democracy tools must balance citizen deliberation with representative stability, highlighting institutional reforms over procedural threshold reductions.

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