Direct democracy in some form — through citizen ... State constitutions have celebrated popular influence on government in contrast to the U.S. Constitution, which was designed to limit that ...

Some thoughts on the desirable amount of democracy, the dangers of centralized political authority, and the inability of socialism to generate wealth, among other things: ...

More often accurate than Mead’s speculation, is comedian George Carlin’s observation: “Never underestimate the power of ...

calling it a "direct attack on democracy." Attacking the State's ruling Telangana Congress government, the BRS leader questioned whether this was the "spirit of democracy" that Lok Sabha Leader of ...

Meanwhile, Kübler says, the option of the federal government jumping in ... the decentralised nature of Swiss democracy. Yet while Switzerland’s direct democracy makes it an outlier in allowing ...

There’s a reason politicians don’t like direct democracy and why there will never be a referendum on big national debates.

Switzerland holds the most referendums in the world by far and is known as a direct democracy. We look at questions of Swiss democracy – and global issues that are linked to Switzerland and its ...

He described the motion as the majority party saying it can give a "direct hit" to ... and when the government tries to attack not only us, but democracy, like this week, we were unanimously ...