The modern, mainstream democratic ideal has been republican or representative democracy, but the original Greek ideal was direct democratic participation in all major decisions by all citizens. To some extent even administrative actions were directly...

Direct democracy is to be contrasted with representative democracy, much as the respective titles suggest. According to the theory of direct democracy, all concerned citizens must directly participate in the making of decisions and the passing of laws,...

Directed democracy, also called guided democracy, is a term sometimes used to justify the absence of anything remotely resembling Western representative democracy in developing countries. It was first formulated in the 1960s by the Pakistani leader...

Direct Democracy is a movement within the British Conservative Party dedicated to localism and constitutional reform. The group published a book on democracy, titled , authored by prominent Conservative politicians, to promote their...

By Wednesday's deadline, no fewer than 41 referendums -- apparently a record -- had been filed with the attorney general's office for placement on the 1990 or 1992 state ballot. These 30 initiative petitions and 11 constitutional amendments may not fully prove that...

Critics of direct democracy claim that direct democracy contradicts the principles of representative government, sacrifices public interest to narrow-interest groups and is biased towards positions that are supported by heavy political advertising. In contrast, advocates of direct democracy believe that it has had many...

Moammar Gadhafi said in an unusual debate Friday it was time for his long-isolated nation to open up to the world and that one day Libya won't need him as leader. Still, he insisted that the ruling ideology he has entrenched here for three decades...

A crowd big enough to fill a pro sports arena is expected here Saturday for that quintessential rural New England event, the Town Meeting.Generally no more than a few hundred people attend such meetings, even on hot issues, but officials are preparing for three-quarters of...