Citizenship and contemporary direct democracy /

Citizenship and contemporary direct democracy /

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Author / Creator:	Altman, David, 1968- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xxiii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Direct democracy. Political participation. Direct democracy. Political participation.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11774632

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ISBN:	9781108496636 1108496636 9781108721776 110872177X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Standing out from all other books on direct democracy, Citizenship and Contemporary Direct Democracy connects the study of direct democracy to the broader field of comparative democratization and to an important strand in normative democratic theory. Analyzing the relationship between direct democracy and representative government, this book is organized around three main sections: the origins of contemporary direct democracy, its' functioning, and the ways to improve the use of direct democracy and its abuse. David Altman argues that citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy constitute an important and viable way to reinvigorate current representative regimes by strengthening democracies' normative foundations--freedom and equity among citizens--which are particularly fragile in the context of unequal societies. Citizenship and Contemporary Direct Democracy demonstrates how citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy empowers citizens, channels social demands, defuses violence, re-enchants citizens with politics, and breaks through some of the institutionalized barriers to accountability that arise in representative systems"--

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