Ash Amin 5:13 The report was, it was actually quite dazzling in many ways, led by a very iconic, famous architect, and it was also typically and understandably quite design-led. He concludes that, by and large, direct democracy in the form of the initiative process works for the benefit of the many rather than the few.Īn unprecedented, comprehensive look at the historical, empirical, and theoretical components of how initiatives function within our representative democracy to increase political competition while avoiding the tyranny of the majority, For the Many or the Few is a most timely and definitive work. The pamphlet 'Cities for the many not the few' was a response to a policy report published by the UK Urban Task Force in 1999. (In fact, it would probably be difficult to find a justification for a regime of any kind which does not at its root rely on the claim that it serves the public interest. Budget priorities, Biden argues, reveal whether or not politicians’ professed policy commitments are sincere. It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is run with a view to the interest of the many, not of the few. Now, you can wear those words wherever you go. Examining demographic, political, and opinion data, he demonstrates how the initiative process brings about systematic changes in tax and expenditure policies of state and local governments that are generally supported by the citizens. Vice President Joe Biden is fond of a stump speech line that implores his opponents not to profess lofty values without showing their budgets. For the Many & Not the Few, a slogan used by the Labour Party. Matsusaka’s For the Many or the Few provides the first even-handed and historically based treatment of the subject.ĭrawing upon a century of evidence, Matsusaka argues against the popular belief that initiative measures are influenced by wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. Citizens are increasingly using initiatives and referendums to take the law into their own hands, overriding their elected officials to set tax, expenditure, and social policies. 2 1 Department of Biochemical Engineering, University. Authors James N Fullerton 1, George C M Frodsham 2, Richard M Day 1 Affiliations 1 Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK. 20 Ratings on Goodreads Why does nobody actually read these I know political party manifestos tend to be a bit dry - but not so dry as Aristotle. Direct democracy is alive and well in the United States. 3D printing for the many, not the few Nat Biotechnol.
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