Let the People Rule: How Direct Democracy Can Meet the Populist Challenge

How referendums can diffuse populist tensions by putting power back into the hands of the people



Propelled by the belief that government has slipped out of the hands of ordinary citizens, a surging wave of populism is destabilizing democracies around the world. As John Matsusaka reveals in Let the People Rule, this belief is based in fact. Over the past century, while democratic governments have become more efficient, they have also become more disconnected from the people they purport to re...