Democracy--how direct? : views from the founding era and the polling era
A discussion of the issues surrounding a representative versus a direct democracy. The essays begin by examining the views of the founders of the United States and the historical perspectives on its democracy and then debate issues such as polling, public opinion and the referendum process.
Print Book, English, 2002
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ; Ethics and Public Policy Center, Lanham, Md., Washington, DC, 2002
Congress
ix, 134 pages ; 24 cm
9780742523180, 9780742523197, 9780896331938, 0742523187, 0742523195, 0896331938
47838473
The founders' views of direct democracy and representation / Charles R. Kesler
James Madison and the Spirit of 1787 / Gary Rosen
Lincoln's view of direct democracy and public opinion / Herman Belz
Beyond referendum democracy : competing conceptions of public opinion / James S. Fishkin
Polling and the creation of a virtual public / Benjamin Ginsberg ; Response: Refined and enlarged public opinion / Benjamin I. Page
For the people : direct democracy in the state constitutional tradition / G. Alan Tarr
People power : initiative and referendum in the United States / M. Dane Waters
Why initiatives are necessary : some tales from California / Ron K. Una