Direct Democracy and Minority Rights: A Critical Assessment of the Tyranny of the Majority in the American States

ISBN-13: 9780415537445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 117 str.

Daniel C. Lewis

Opis

This book conclusively demonstrates that direct democracy-institutions like the ballot initiative and the referendum-endangers the rights of minorities and perpetuates a tyranny of the majority.

Spis treści

1. Direct Democracy Institutions & the Threat of Tyranny 2. Direct Democracy & the Diffusion of Anti-Minority Policies 3. A Representational Filter? The Passage of Anti-Minority Policy Proposals 4. The Flip Side; Direct Democracy & Pro-Minority Policies 5. Conclusion

O autorze

Daniel C. Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Siena College. His research examines state political institutions and public policy. His work on direct democracy, legislative term limits, policy diffusion, LGBT politics and federalism has been published in a number of leading political science journals.