Chapters in Edited Volumes
2026 (forthcoming). ‘Connecting minipublics with direct democracy: Switzerland and beyond’, in Lionel Cordier and Yves Sintomer (eds), Handbook of Participatory Democracy. Edward Elgar Publishing. [With Francesco Veri.] PDF
2025. ‘Conscociationalism’, in Richard Bellamy and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory. Cambridge University Press, chapter 33, pp. 568-584. [With Joseph Lacey.] Link. PDF
2023. ‘Citizens assemblies and referendums’, in Min Reuchamps, Julien Vrydagh and Yanina Welp (eds), Handbook of Citizens’ Assemblies. Berlin: De Gruyter, chapter 14, pp. 185–197. Link (open access). PDF
2023. ‘Official Multilingualism’, in Michele Gazzola, François Grin, Linda Cardinal and Kathleen Heugh (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning. London: Routledge, chapter 25, pp. 383-395. Link. PDF
2023. ‘Direktna demokratija i referendum / Direct democracy and referendum’, in Maja Sahadžić, Damir Banović, Dražen Barbalić and Goran Marković (eds), Citizens, Constitution, Europe: Glossary of Essential Constitutional Concepts in BiH. Sarajevo: Pravni fakultet univerziteta, pp. 191–196, 433–438. [With Maja Sahadžić.] PDF (book).
2022. ‘Démocratie directe, institutionnalisation des conflits et paix sociale’, in Raul Magni-Berton and Laurence Morel (eds), Démocraties directes. Bruxelles: Bruylant, chapitre 29, pp. 359–368. PDF (Ch. 29) Table des matières
2022. ‘The ontology of the linguistic territoriality principle: a conceptual roadmap’, in François Grin, László Marácz and Nike Pokorn (eds), Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy. Mathura: J.B. Publishing House, chapter 16. [With Sergi Morales-Gálvez and Helder De Schutter.]
2021. ‘A non-populist direct democracy for Belgium’, in Brecht Deseure, Raf Geenens and Stefan Sottiaux (eds), Sovereignty, Civic Participation, and Constitutional Law: The People versus the Nation in Belgium. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, chapter 13, pp. 230–244. Link. PDF (proofs)
2020. ‘Direkte Demokratie populismusresistent gestalten’, in Nadja Braun Binder et al. (eds), Jahrbuch für direkte Demokratie 2019. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag, pp. 63–82. PDF (proofs)
2020. ‘Partiti politici in Paesi profondamente multilingui: condizioni istituzionali e lezioni per l’Unione europea’, in Anja Giudici, Rocco W. Ronza & Verio Pini (a cura di), Il plurilinguismo svizzero e la sfida dell’inglese. Riflessioni dal laboratorio elvetico a confronto con l’Europa. Locarno: Dadò, pp. 83–104. [With Matteo Bonotti.]
2019. ‘Democrazia diretta e populismo’, in Enrico Biale & Corrado Fumagalli (a cura di), Innovazioni democratiche. Milano: Fondazione Giancarlo Feltrinelli, pp. 169-225. PDF ebook gratuito (link).
2018. ‘Direkte Demokratie gegen Populismus’, in Sozialalmanach 2018. «Wir und die Anderen: Nationalismus». Luzern: Caritas-Verlag. PDF | bit.ly/2nTxFgO
2018. ‘Discrimination and politics’, in Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Discrimination, Chapter 29, pp. 348–59. PDF | bit.ly/2oSVkND
2017. ‘La Svizzera, una consociazione linguistica? Le minoranze linguistiche a livello federale e nei Cantoni plurilingui’, in Sean Mueller & Anja Giudici (a cura di), Il federalismo svizzero. Attori, strutture e processi. Locarno: Armando Dadò editore, pp. 125–58. bit.ly/2s6zxar
2014. ‘Ein Schweizer Beitrag zur Debatte über Demokratie in der EU | A Swiss contribution to the debate on democracy in the EU’, in Daniel Kübler & Nenad Stojanović (Hrsg. | eds), Demokratie in der Europäischen Union. Ein Schweizer Beitrag zur Debatte | Democracy in the European Union. A Contribution from the Swiss Perspective. Zürich: Schulthess. [With D. Kübler.] PDF (Deutsch). PDF (English)
2013. ‘Introduction: recurrent processes in different contexts’, in Julien Danero Iglesias, Nenad Stojanovic & Sharon Weinblum (eds), New Nation-States and National Minorities. Colchester: ECPR Press, pp. 1–10. [With J. Danero Iglesias & S. Weinblum.] PDF
2011. ‘A federal electoral district for Belgium? An appraisal with three amendments inspired by the Swiss experience’, in Axel Gosseries & Yannick Vanderborght (eds), Arguing About Justice. Essays for Philippe Van Parijs. Louvain: Presses Universitaires de Louvain, pp. 327–36. PDF
2010. ‘Fédéralisme centripète et fédéralisme centrifuge: la Suisse, la Belgique et l’impact intégratif de la démocratie directe’, in Jorge Cagiao y Conde (ed), La question fédérale: le retour? Paris: Publications de la Société P.-J. Proudhon, pp. 9–21. PDF
2009. ‘Is democracy possible in a multilingual country? The Swiss experience and the paradox of direct democracy’, in Marc Hooghe & Dave Sinardet (eds), Public Opinion in a Multilingual Society. Institutional Design and Federal Loyalty. Brussels: Rethinking Belgium, pp. 9–23. PDF
2009. ‘Afraid of direct democracy? A reply to critics’, in Marc Hooghe & Dave Sinardet (eds), Public Opinion in a Multilingual Society. Institutional Design and Federal Loyalty. Brussels: Rethinking Belgium, pp. 81–8. PDF
2006. ‘The dilemma of ethnic quotas in power-sharing theory. The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina’, in Milan Bufon, Anton Gosar, Safet Nurković & Andre-Louis Sanguin (eds), The Western Balkans: A European Challenge. Koper: Publishing House Annales, pp. 331–47. PDF[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]