Direct democracy or representative government? : dispelling the populist myth / John Haskell.
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نصالسلاسل:Transforming American politicsالناشر:Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001وصف:xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
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- 0813397839 (pbk)
- JF494 H37 2001
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | JF494 H37 2001 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000110775 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
"In Direct Democracy or Representative Govenment? John Haskell describes the dangers and uncovers the logical flaws of politics-by-plebiscite as practiced in California and other states. Haskell makes the case that the populist impulse for direct democracy is as much or more a part of American political culture as the republican restraint embodied in the Constitution.
In non-technical language Haskell uses recent discoveries in the social sciences to refute the populist position that direct democracy is the truest form of democracy. He builds on this to make a strong case for representative institutions relevant to a new century when the temptations for instant democracy by initiative and referendum or even over the Internet are greater than ever.
