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The New Challenge of Direct Democracy
Budge, Ian
Publisher: PolityYear Published: 1996 Pages: 216pp ISBN: 978-0745617657 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX12590 Direct democracy involves citizens in discussion and decisions about what the government is to do, rather than leaving this to officials or parliaments. It thus challenges the restrictions placed by representative democracies such as Britain and the United States on political consultation and popular participation. Why should responsible adults not take public decisions as well as making their own individual choices? Subject Headings |