Direct Democracy Or Representative Government? Dispelling The Populist Myth

by John Haskell and John Haskell

In Direct Democracy or Representative Government? John Haskell develops a devastating critique of direct democracy by exposing the central flaw in populist thinking. Contrary to the beliefs of populist advocates of direct democracy, the popular will cannot be interpreted from the results of the plebiscite. John Haskell presents a defense of representative institutions that brings to bear, in an understandable way, the findings of public choice scholars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813397839
• ISBN13: 9780813397832
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"