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Third, thanks to Qaddafi's obsession with a facade of direct democracy, Libya has no experience of party politics and competing interests.

Direct democracy in California is thus an aberration. It has no safeguards against Madison's tyranny of the majority.

It was clever not to get dragged into politics as usual but instead to come up with new ideas using an idealistic form of direct democracy.

Direct democracy, which is the direct involvement and participation of every citizen, is democracy in its truest form.

God could rule through either a monarchy or an aristocracy, but had not chosen to rule through direct democracy.

As a part of a country's system, direct democracy is a great practice in human's political civilization.

Under their direct democracy, where almost every government action can be challenged by referendum, confidentiality is seen as a right.

Ancient Athens, the existence of direct democracy, though not long, people have not given up the pursuit to ideals participation.

Direct democracy used to be a Labour speciality.

America's was therefore to be a representative, not a direct, democracy.

Dismantling parties and institutions, he formed "people's committees" across the country to establish a direct democracy.

Ironically, California imported direct democracy almost a century ago as a "safety valve" in case government should become corrupt.

From the start, Californian direct democracy thus had the opposite social purpose of its Swiss mother.

Deeply versed in the classics, the founders had seen ancient Athens as the main historical example of direct democracy.

Meanwhile, the system of direct democracy and representative democracy are prone to vote Paradox and winner take-all phenomenon.

Originated from the ancient Grecce, democracy shows two forms in its realization: direct democracy and indirect democracy.

The sunshine state's experience certainly casts a cloud over the enthusiasm for direct democracy.

Direct democracy makes sense in such a situation.

Around half of America's states and an increasing number of countries have direct democracy in some form (article).

Unlike the Swiss, these Californian reformers had in mind a specific enemy, against which direct democracy seemed the ideal weapon.

More important, direct democracy must revert to being a safety valve, not the engine.

But paid circulation offends the spirit of direct democracy, as money becomes the chief factor in deciding what appears on ballots.

Very few people, least of all this newspaper, want to ban direct democracy.

The Swiss grafted this tradition of direct democracy onto their American-style federal constitution.

Defenders of direct democracy insist that it improves decision-making.

For many years direct democracy worked as a safety valve, if and when legislatures proved corrupt or unresponsive.

In those states, direct democracy is in effect a fourth branch of government.

The debate about the merits of representative and direct democracy goes back to ancient times.

Direct democracy, it seems, is becoming part of Germany's political scene.

Direct democracy aids, rather than hinders, that.

One camp sees in the Internet an unprecedented opportunity to bring back Athenian-style direct democracy.

Direct democracy is inefficient.

Enthusiasts think direct democracy is spreading because the traditional type is ailing.

The hope is that if representative democracy improves, direct democracy may become less frantic too.

It differs from the older attempt at direct democracy, which could not be applied in practice and which was frivolous.

It can apply in both direct democracy or representative democracy.

The village reverts to direct democracy, and lynchings are carried out by majority vote.

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