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The Failure of Representative Government and the Solution
Senator Mike Gravel
其他書名
A Legislature of the People
出版AuthorHouse
主題Political Science / American Government / General
ISBN17283393089781728339306
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3vTHDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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. However, empowering the people as deliberative lawmakers is anathema to the selfish interests of elites whose power to control society would be greatly diminished. Consequently, we stay mired in systems of government that do not work.