Challenging the common assumption that models of direct democracy and representative democracy are necessarily at odds, Direct Democracy Worldwide demonstrates

The constitutions of many countries guarantee the right to vote for all citizens. However, in reality, voters who are outside their home country when elections

Offers a comparative study of the origins, performance, and reform of contemporary mechanisms of direct democracy.

Updated edition of : Referendums. c1978.

Over the last 30 years referendums have played an increasingly important role in determining government policy. Recent high profile referendums in Scotland, Cat