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Participatory Democracy Populism Revived
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Joseph F. Zimmerman
Book Code: C2132
ISBN: 0-275-92132-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-92132-3
241 pages, bibliog.
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/16/1986
List Price: $108.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Zimmerman illustrates, discusses and evaluates the politics of citizen participation in public policy-making in the US. Although personally favoring increased popular involvement, he is fair and comprehensive in his account of the strengths and weaknesses of various methods historically available in American state and local government (the New England town meeting, the initiative, referendum and recall, and cummunity organizing). Rather then belabor theoretical arguments, Zimmerman considers the legal and political variables that facilitate or frustrate citizen involvement. Thus he provides an accessible resource, ably supported by an extensive and valuable bibliography. The book will be especially useful to upper-division undergraduates and graduate students requiring a well-outlined overview of the topic.
    —Choice
  • Participatory Democracy: Populism Revived, examines comprehensively all forms of direct citizen decision-making in the U.S. and two relatively new systems for enhancing the role of citizens in large city governance.
    —Election Administration Reports
LC Card Number: 86-8129
LCC Class: JF493
Dewey Class: 323
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