Democracy: How Direct? Views from the

For more than two hundred years Americans have been debating how direct a democracy they want. Many hold that representative government too seldom reflects the people's real views, while others counter that direct popular voting will lead to excesses of passion and deficits of deliberation. In Democracy: How Direct? Elliot Abrams brings together eminent scholars to discuss the issues surrounding the dilemma of a representative versus direct democracy.

Preface

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Elliott Abrams

The Founders' Views of Direct Democracy and Representation

1

(18)

Charles R. Kesler

James Madison and the Spirit of 1787

19

(14)

Gary Rosen

Lincoln's View of Direct Democracy and Public Opinion

33

(20)

Herman Belz

Beyond Referendum Democracy: Competing Conceptions of Public Opinion

53

(14)

James S. Fishkin

Polling and the Creation of a Virtual Public

67

(20)

Benjamin Ginsberg

Response: Refined and Enlarged Public Opinion

82

(5)

Benjamin I. Page

For the People: Direct Democracy in the State Constitutional Tradition

87

(14)

G. Alan Tarr

People Power: Initiative and Referendum in the United States

101

(10)

M. Dane Waters

Why Initiatives Are Necessary: Some Tales from California

111

(8)

Ron K. Unz

Notes

119

(12)

Index of Names

131

(4)

About the Ethics and Public Policy Center

135

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Democracy: How Direct? Views from the Founding Era and the Polling Era

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