Dossier: What could direct democracy look like in Estonia | Characteristic
There are two sides to the demand for greater voter participation. On the one hand, currently concerning the law on...
Month: March 2019
The referendum campaign rekindles the debate on direct democracy in New Mexico | Legislature | New Mexico Legislative Session
In the state's 107 years of existence, New Mexicans have only once used a referendum to repeal a law passed...
The assault on direct democracy
By now, progressives have become good enough at recognizing voter suppression and gerrymandering for what they are: cheeky attempts to...
Reviews | The main threat to liberal democracy comes from within, not from the authoritarians
Sheri Berman is a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, and author of "Democracy and dictatorship in...
Why would we want to spread liberal democracy?
In March 2009, Foreign Affairs The magazine featured the article “How Development Leads to Democracy” by Ronald Inglehart and Christian...
Editorial: Newsom’s death penalty moratorium hits death penalty and direct democracy
Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement on Wednesday that he would impose a moratorium on the execution of the death penalty in...
