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How direct democracy can improve Britain
By Nick Cowen. Civitas. 114 pages. £7.50
ISBN 978-1-906837-01-3
This is a short and pithy summary, from CIVITAS (The Institute for the Study of Civil Society), an independent social policy think tank, of the arguments in support of the introduction of direct democracy into the United Kingdom.
In a nutshell, direct democracy gives citizens greater and more frequent influence in decision making on a national and local level through, for example, referendums and directly elected local mayors and police chiefs.
