Instrumental Justifications of Popular Rule

Ordinary citizens are rarely charged with making consequential decisions in representative democracies. Almost all consequential decisions are delegated to elected representatives or political appointees. On what basis should we judge whether decisions should be placed in the hands of ordinary citiz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ingham, Sean
Other Authors: Thompson, Dennis F.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10445
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10304459