For the Many or the Few
Subtitle: The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: September 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780226510811
Subjects: Central government policies; Political structures: democracy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - Legislative Branch; Government - U.S. Government; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Political Science / Congress; General; Democracy; Fiscal policy; Politics and government; Referendum; United States
Description: "For the Many or the Few is a comprehensive historical, empirical, and theoretical examination of how direct democracy functions within our representative democracy to increase political competition while avoiding the tyranny of the majority."--BOOK JACKET.