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Direct Democracy Worldwide (Paperback)
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Direct Democracy Worldwide (Paperback)
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Challenging the common assumption that models of direct democracy
and representative democracy are necessarily at odds, Direct
Democracy Worldwide demonstrates how practices of direct and
representative democracy interact under different institutional
settings and uncovers the conditions that allow them to coexist in
a mutually reinforcing manner. Whereas citizen-initiated mechanisms
of direct democracy can spur productive relationships between
citizens and political parties, other mechanisms of direct
democracy often help leaders bypass other representative
institutions, undermining republican checks and balances. The book
also demonstrates that the embrace of direct democracy is costly,
may generate uncertainties and inconsistencies, and in some cases
is easily manipulated. Nonetheless, the promise of direct democracy
should not be dismissed. Direct democracy is much more than a
simple, pragmatic second choice when representative democracy seems
not to be working as expected. Properly designed, it can empower
citizens, breaking through some of the institutionalized barriers
to accountability that arise in representative systems.
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