Title: Direct Democracy
Subtitle: The Politics of Initiative, Referendum & Recall
First published: 1989
Description: Americans have grown increasingly restive when dissatisfied with legislation or elected officials between elections. As a result, public interest in and use of the devices created to give voters a greater direct voice in our democracy, referendum, recall, and initiative, have proliferated in recent years. Cronin has thoroughly examined the development of recall petitions, local initiatives, and referenda and interviewed those involved in the recent growth of the direct democracy movement. He finds that there are difficulties with direct democracy devices, yet he concludes that these procedures have been a lasting, and generally a positive, part of the American political landscape. - p. [vii.].
Subjects: History, Recall, Referendum, Populism, United states, politics and government, 20th century
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: JF493.U6 C76 1989