Direct democracy through state ballot initiatives, initiated by both citizens and legislatures, holds potential for policy change relating to a large array of important social issues, including ...

neoliberalism’s direct and indirect assault on democratic principles and practices; degraded and denigrated public education; and mounting anxiety about constitutional democracy’s seeming inability to ...

This indirect democracy can be viewed as a paternalistic ... you might also see a glimmer of hope … direct democracy! Today, 26 states provide for some form of direct, or pure, democracy that ...

The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing to overhaul its three-tier panchayati raj system by introducing direct elections ...

Indirect elections to non-local Soviets made it easier ... the Soviet system was defended in theory and enforced in practice as a direct antithesis to democracy and as the denial of democracy. While ...

U.S. President Donald Trump, in announcing the negotiations on Monday, described them as direct talks. Years of indirect talks under the Biden administration failed to reach any success ...