Democracy: How Direct?
Views from the Founding Era and the Polling Era
Democracy: How Direct?
Views from the Founding Era and the Polling Era
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Description
For more than two hundred years Americans have been debating how direct a democracy they want. Many hold that representative government too seldom reflects the people's real views, while others counter that direct popular voting will lead to excesses of passion and deficits of deliberation. In Democracy: How Direct? Elliot Abrams brings together eminent scholars to discuss the issues surrounding the dilemma of a representative versus direct democracy. This collection of previously unpublished essays begins by examining the views of our nation's founders and the historical perspectives on our democracy and then debates modern issues such as polling, public opinion, and the referendum process. With their valuable combination of historical analysis, contemporary data, and theoretical understanding, these essays will surely raise the level of the ongoing debate surrounding the nature of American democracy.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 The Founders' Views of Direct Democracy and Representation
Chapter 3 James Madison and the Spirit of 1787
Chapter 4 Lincoln's View of Direct Democracy and Public Opinion
Chapter 5 Beyond Referendum Democracy: Competing Concepts of Public Opinion
Chapter 6 Polling and the Creation of a Virtual Public
Chapter 7 Response: Refined and Enlarged Public Opinion
Chapter 8 For the People: Direct Democracy in the State Constitutional Tradition
Chapter 9 People Power: Initiative and Referendum in the United States
Chapter 10 Why Initiatives Are Necessary: Some Tales from California
Product details
| Published | 20 Aug 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 144 |
| ISBN | 9780742576667 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Series | Ethics and Public Policy Center |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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