A Citizen Legislature
Author: Ernest Callenbach
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 100
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Author: Ernest Callenbach
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bradford Fitch
Publisher: The Capitol Net Inc
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 119
ISBN-13: 1587332329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne part research studies, one part interviews and focus groups, and one part experience, this text provides practical guidance on preparing for and meeting with elected officials and staff, writing effective letters and e-mails to elected officials, and strategies for influencing legislators face to face.
Author: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rebekah Herrick
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780739117279
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the 1990s, many members of the House of Representatives could be characterized as citizen legislators - they either voluntarily limited their term in office or they had no prior political experience. Representing America compares the representational styles of these legislators with the professional legislators, who make a career out of being a legislator, elected at the time.
Author: Keith Sutherland
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2015-10-13
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1845405315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo essays, printed back to back in a single volume, offer complementary solutions to the democratic deficit in Britain and the USA. In his book The Party's Over: Blueprint for a Very English Revolution (2004), Keith Sutherland questioned the role of the party in the post-ideological age and concluded that it would be better for government ministers to be appointed by headhunters and held to account by a people's parliament selected by lot. This completely revised and updated edition includes a study of the recent literature on deliberative polling. The American founders proposed that their legislature should be 'an exact portrait, in miniature, of the people at large'. Whether or not this was true at the time, the exponential growth of the population, skyrocketing campaign funding, the power of pressure groups, the grease of the pork-barrel and the dominance of charisma and demagoguery means that the US Constitution could now better be described as a kleptocracy. This pioneering essay proposes selecting Congressional members by random lot (leaving the Senate and Presidency unchanged) to 'restore a direct, powerful voice in Washington to the whole of America'. Originally published in 1985, this new edition includes an introduction by political scientist Peter Stone.
Author: William K. Dustin
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2000-01-11
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781469742304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe idea for this book arose out of a little known political scandal, known as "phonegate", that occurred in Minnesota in the early 1990's in which a number of legislators were found to have been abusing their phone privileges. The hubris of the legislature in response to the discovery of this abuse not only made me rather angry, but, since I had been called for jury duty the year before, gave me the idea that service in the legislature ought to be a duty of citizenship like jury duty. Although the idea of the citizen legislature goes back to Aristotle, serious consideration of it raises the question of what is meant by citizenship and representation. This book addresses that question. It is an attempt to develop a model of citizenship in which representation is simultaneously a fundamental right and the highest obligation. After developing these ideas at a rather high level of abstraction, the book concludes with a proposed constitutional amendment for the State of Minnesota to illustrate how the model will work in practice.
Author: Trudy Pearce
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 28
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Published: 1919
Total Pages: 784
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew White Young
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 346
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