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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Altman (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9781107427099ISBN 10: 1107427096 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 24 July 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Direct democracy at the turn of the century; 2. Terms of the debate surrounding direct democracy; 3. Myths and facts behind the use of mechanisms of direct democracy: a worldwide analysis; 4. Direct democracy within non-democratic regimes; 5. Direct democracy within weak democracies: some cases from Latin America; 6. Direct democracy within democracies: the case of Uruguay (historic evolution, and voting behavior); 7. Uruguayan citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy as agents of vertical accountability; 8. Conclusions.ReviewsDavid Altman illuminates the world of democracy beyond the election of representatives and offers an empirical analysis of global scope that challenges the widespread view that representative and direct democracy are necessarily incompatible forms of democracy. Indeed, no one does a better job than Altman at walking us through the conceptually complicated issues associated with the variety of possible mechanisms of direct democracy and submitting arguments about direct democracy to a thorough empirical testing. And the overall result is a fresh look at the old questions of representation and governance. Direct Democracy Worldwide should be read by anyone who is unsatisfied with a Dahlian conception of democracy and who wants to understand how responsible citizen participation can-and should-be encouraged. -Gerardo L. Munck, University of Southern California This book offers a new, original comparative analysis of direct democracy. In doing so, it reshapes the debate on the interactions between representative and direct democracy in the contemporary world, and at the same time demystifies the most recurrent apprehensions regarding this interface by taking the reader to places where neither the advocates nor the opponents of direct democracy want to go. Everyone interested in such a classic topic should read the book and accept to have her own ideas changed by it. -Leonardo Morlino, Instituto Italiano di Scienze Umane; President, International Political Science Association An incisive, measured, and richly informed analysis of uses and abuses of mechanisms of direct democracy. As the authoritative treatment of this theoretically and politically important topic, Altman's book is as indispensable contribution to democratic theory. -Adam Przeworski, New York University Direct Democracy Worldwide by David Altman offers a vitally insightful perspective on direct democracy. Altman's dichotomy of plebiscites into 'bottom up' initiatives that strengthen citizens' control over policy and 'top down' mechanisms that often serve as little more than expressions of authoritarian power sets the research agenda on direct democracy for decades to come. The book combines cross national analysis of direct democracy with case studies, featuring especially the emblematic case of Uruguay. It will serve as a useful introduction to the comparative study of direct democracy for graduate students, and for advanced undergraduates. It also presents important research results that corroborate Altman's dichotomy of direct democratic institutions. One only hopes that policy makers will carefully attend to this important work. -John Londregan, Princeton University Author InformationDavid Altman received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Born in Uruguay, he works on comparative politics with an emphasis on the quality of democratic institutions, mechanisms of direct democracy and executive-legislative relations. He is an Associate Researcher for the Uruguayan National Agency for Research and Innovation, was the winner of a Junior Post-Doctoral Scholars in the Study of Democracy Competition of the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Ford Foundation, and has previously held a Fulbright-LASPAU fellowship. He also was Guest Research Assistant Professor at the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. His recent work has appeared in Electoral Studies, Party Politics, Democratization, the Journal of Legislative Studies, the Swiss Political Science Review and the Journal of Developing Economies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |