The recent outcome of a Swiss referendum in which a majority have voted in favour of a minaret ban has helped to highlight a few important issue around the question of direct democracy.
Dan Hannan says that – while direct democracy is a great idea, this particular result is regrettable.
Make of that what you will. For [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Demand-revealing referendums’
Minarets, trade offs and direct democracy
Demand-revealing referendums
I’m reliably informed that the plural of referendum is referendums and not referenda. Anyway, leaving that aside, have a look at Chris’s really-good post on the subject. A few years ago, I interviewed him on this subject elsewhere and it was a very enlightening experience.
A blog about representative democracy, social media and a conversational politics. How will peer-to-peer communications change local democracy? How is representation changing? 
