The Failure of Representative Government and the Solution: A Legislature of the People

by Mike Gravel

The universal form of governance where citizens vote to empower their elected officials to represent their interests is simply representative government -- not a democracy where people would rule directly. Accepting this definitional distinction improves our understanding that bringing the people into the operations of government as deliberative lawmakers -- deliberative direct democracy -- is the answer to dysfunctional representative government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728339294
• ISBN13: 9781728339290
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"