Let the People Rule: How Direct Democracy Can Meet the Populist Challenge
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Let the People Rule: How Direct Democracy Can Meet the Populist Challenge
By (Author) John G. Matsusaka
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
5th May 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
Nationalism
Political activism / Political engagement
Law
321.8
Physical Properties
Hardback
312
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
How referendums can diffuse populist tensions by putting power back into the hands of the people Propelled by the belief that government has slipped out of the hands of ordinary citizens, a surging wave of populism is destabilizing democracies around the world. As John Matsusaka reveals in Let the People Rule, this belief is based in fact. Over
Author Bio
John G. Matsusaka is the Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise at the Marshall School of Business and the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as executive director of the Initiative and Referendum Institute. He is the author of For the Many or the Few: The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy and lives in Los Angeles.
