1st Edition
Direct Democracy Or Representative Government? Dispelling The Populist Myth
By John Haskell
Copyright 2001
224 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Direct Democracy or Representative Government? John Haskell develops a devastating critique of direct democracy by exposing the central flaw in populist thinking. Contrary to the beliefs of populist advocates of direct democracy, the popular will cannot be interpreted from the results of the plebiscite. John Haskell presents a defense of representative institutions that brings to bear, in an... Read more
Preface , Introduction , The Heritage of Populism in the United States , Direct Democracy: Past, Present, and Future , Direct Democracy Versus Representative Democracy , Dispelling the Populist Myth , Curing the Mischief of Plebiscite
Biography
John Haskell
