Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Demokratie

Based on a concept of sustained development in three-dimensions (ecology, economy and social welfare), Andreas Glaser studies the substantive situation in constitutional law and the institutional development of the political decision-making process as well as the new Swiss federal constitution, which has been in effect since 2000, and the German Basic Law. In each case, he focuses on the protection of natural resources, retirement insurance and the national debt, all of which are particularly important for the model of sustained development. One of the main explanatory approaches in the book is the difference between direct democracy, in which according to the Swiss constitution the citizens are included to a large extent, and the German Basic Law, which is strictly representative.