Kris William Kobach, The Referendum: Direct Democracy in Switzerland, 1993.List of tables
0-1 Incidence of nationwide referendums in European countries by decade, 1900-89 5
1-1 Chronology of the development of direct democracy in Switzerland 14
1-2 Types of referendums used at the federal level in Switzerland 15
1-3 Outcomes of Swiss referendums by type, 1848-1992 16
1-4 Voting on constitutional initiatives and counterproposals, 1891-1911 31
3-1 Swiss referendums, 1848-1992 70
3-2 Voter turnout in federal referendums by decade, 1880-1992, by percentage of the electorate 79
3-4 Participation levels in federal elections and referendums during election years, 1919-91 84
3-5 Outcomes of Swiss referendums by type, 1848-1992 87
3-6 Parliamentary measures rejected by voters in referendums, 1848-1992 87
4-1 Initiatives and counterproposals as a percentage of all federal ballot issues, 1950-92 93
4-2 Average number of initiatives submitted per year, 1891-1992 94
4-3 Distribution by subject matter of all initiatives submitted, 1974-92 99
4-4 Types of organizations submitting initiatives, 1974-92 101
4-5 Proportion of initiatives withdrawn, by decade, 1891-1992 110
4-6 Success rates of initiatives at the polls by subject matter, 1891-1992 119
5-1 Cases of significant distortion in referendum results (9% or greater variation), 1977-91 140
6-1 The arrangement of the Federal Council parties in roll-call votes, 1989 167
6-2 The unity indexes of the Federal Council parties in roll-call votes 168
6-3 Interest group representation in the National Council 171
6-4 The unity indexes of major Swiss interest groups in the National Council 172
6-5 National Council election results 181
8-1 Australian nationwide referendums, 1901-92 222
8-2 Italian referendums, 1946-92 229
8-3 Total number of state ballot issues in California, by decade 238
8-4 Number of California initiatives approved, 1970-92 239