The New Challenge of Direct Democracy: The New Market Socialism

by Ian Budge

Book Overview

Direct Democracy involves citizens in discussion and decisions about what the government is to do, rather than leaving these decisions to officials or parliaments. It thus challenges the restrictions placed by representative democracies such as Britain and the United States on political consultation and popular participation. This book confronts arguments for and against mass debate in light of new communication developments which make Direct Democracy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745617654
• ISBN13: 9780745617657
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"