Direct democracy and minority rights
Subtitle: a critical assessment of the tyranny of the majority in the American states
By: Daniel C. Lewis
Series: Controversies in electoral democracy and representation
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780415537438; 9780415537445; 9780203109342
Subjects: States; Representative government and representation; Majorities; Direct democracy; Civil rights; Minorities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Direct democracy institutions & the threat of tyranny; title: Direct democracy & the diffusion of anti-minority policies; title: A representational filter? the passage of anti-minority policy proposals; title: The flip side; direct democracy & pro-minority policies; title: Conclusion.