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BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCES, LINKS TO INFORMATION SITES,  AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bibliography and References

  1. Ackerman, James S. and Fishkin, James S., Deliberation Day. Yale University Press, 2004

  2. Adatto, K., "Picture Perfect - The Art and Artifice of Public Image Making" Basic Books Division of HarperCollins, 1993

  3. Amar, A. K. and Hirsch, A., For the People: What the Constitution Really Says About Your Rights. The Free Press, 1998

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    1. Translated 1891 by Thomas J. Dymes. Online Library of Liberty, © 2004 Liberty Fund

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  5. Bagdikian, Ben, H., The New Media Monopoly, Beacon Press, 2004

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  7. Birnbaum, Jeffrey "The Lobbyists: How Influence Peddlers Get Their Way in Washington" New York Times Books, 1992

  8. Bowler, S.; Donovan, T.; and Tolbert, C. J., Direct Democracy in the United States. Ohio State University Press, 1998

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  10. Callenbach, E. and Phillips, M., A Citizen Legislature. Banyan Tree Books, Berkeley, California, and Clear Glass, Bodega, California, 1985 

  11. Carey, Christopher, Democracy in Classical Athens. Bristol Classical Press, 2000, 2001

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  13. Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 7th Edition, Little, Brown & Co., 1908

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  16. Croteau, D. and Hoynes, W., The Business of Media: Corporate Media and the Public Interest. Pine Forge Press, 2001

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  19. Fishkin, James S., Democracy and Deliberation. Yale University Press, 1991

  20. Fishkin, James S., The Voice of the People. Yale University Press, 1995, 1997

  21. Fishkin, James S., The Nation in a Room. Boston Review, March/April 2006

  22. Fossedal, Gregory A., Direct Democracy in Switzerland. Transaction Publishers, 2002

  23. Fotopoulos, Takis, Direct and Economic Democracy in Ancient Athens and its Significance Today

  24. Gravel, Mike, Citizen Power: A Mandate for Change. Author House, 2008

  25. Heinberg, Richard, The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. New Society Publishers, 2003

  26. Hirsch, Alan, Direct Democracy and Civic Maturation. Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 29, #2, pages 185-246, April 2002

  27. Hoekstra, Pete, Nationwide Initiative and Referendum on Reforming Congress. 103rd Congress, House of Representatives July 14, 1994; pgs H5756-5759

  28. Homer-Dixon, Thomas F., The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization. Shearwater Books, Center for Resource Economics, Island Press, 2006

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  30. Johnston, David C., Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill). Portfolio, 2007

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  34. Lomborg, Bjørn, How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place. Cambridge University Press, 2006

  35. Long, Erik D., A case for the National Referendum and Initiative. McGraw-Hill, 2001

  36. Magleby, David B., Direct Legislation. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984

  37. Matsusaka, John G., For the Many or the Few. University of Chicago Press, 2004

  38. McCombs, M. and Reynolds, A. (Editors), The Poll with a Human Face. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999

  39. McGann, E. and Morris, D., Outrage. Harper Collins, 2007

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  42. Morain, D., Rubin, J., Financially, the Recall Was Business as Usual, LA Times 10 Oct 2003

  43. Newport, F.; Saad, L.; Moore, D. The Gallup Organization How Polls are Conducted, 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

  44. Polhill, Dennis, The Issue of a National Initiative Process

  45. Polopolus, Leonidas C.,  Athens, Greece: a City-State that Grew from Optimality In the Golden Era to Excessive Urbanization by the 21st Century, Lecture at the University of Florida

  46. Rees, Martin, Our Final Century: Will Civilization Survive the Twenty-First Century. Arrow Books, Random House, 2003

  47. Rubin, Aviel D., Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting. Morgan Road Books, 2006

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  49. Saxton, J., "Budget Process Reform" a Joint Economic Committee Report, U.S. Congress, May 1997

  50. Skoyles, John, Abolish Politicians—or at Least Replace their Monopoly over Popular Representation with Statistically Direct Assemblies of Ordinary People.

  51. Surowiecki, James, The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations. Little, Brown 2004

  52. University of Southern California, Initiative & Referendum Institute

  53. U.S. Department of Commerce, Voting and Registration in the Election of 2000, Feb. 2002

  54. Verhulst, J. and Nijeboer A., Direct Democracy—Facts and Arguments about the Introduction of Initiative and Referendum. Democracy International, Brussels 2007.

  55. Vile, John R., A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments. 3rd Edition, Praeger Publishers, 2001

  56. Voter Initiative Constitutional Amendment Hearings: Subcommittee on the Constitution, S.J. Res 67, 95th Congress, Dec. 13 and 14 1977

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Links to General Information Sites

These are links to Internet Sites that may be of interest to those who want to find out more about the United States Constitution, Constitutional Amendments, Direct Democracy, and related matters.

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  1. Accurate

  2. ACE Electoral Knowledge Network

  3. Annenberg Political Fact Check

  4. Americans for Campaign Reform

  5. Article5.org

  6. Articles of Confederation Online

  7. Athenian Democracy

  8. Ballot Initiative Strategy Center

  9. Bartleby Word References

  10. Bibliography of Law Review and Selected Political Science Journal Articles on Initiatives and Direct Democracy, USC Law Library, 2003

  11. British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

  12. Bureau of the Public Debt

  13. California Recall Special Election Information

  14. Canadians for Direct Democracy (CDD)

  15. Cato Institute

  16. Center for Deliberative Democracy

  17. Center for Public Integrity

  18. Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)

  19. Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)

  20. Center for Voting and Democracy

  21. Center for Wise Democracy

  22. Center on Democratic Performance

  23. Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)

  24. Centre on Direct Democracy (C2D)

  25. CIA World Factbook

  26. Citizens Against Government Waste

  27. Citizens' Assembly Party

  28. Citizens for Term Limits

  29. Citizens in Charge

  30. Clean Elections Institute (Arizona)

  31. Clean Up Washington

  32. Coalition for National Referendum

  33. Common Cause

  34. CommonDreams.org

  35. Constitution Project - Citizens for the Constitution

  36. Constitution Society

  37. Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute

  38. Democracy International

  39. Democracy Now!

  40. Democracy21

  41. Demos

  42. Digest of Educational Statistics, 2002

  43. Direct Democracy Web Ring

  44. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

  45. Electronic Voting Bibliography

  46. Empower America

  47. FAIR

  48. Families USA

  49. Federal Election Commission

  50. Federalist Society

  51. Federal Grand Jury

  52. Free Congress Foundation

  53. Free Press

  54. Friends of the Article V Convention

  55. Gettysburg Address

  56. Healthy Democracy

  57. Heritage Foundation

  58. ibiblio - University of North Carolina & Center for the Public Domain

  59. Independence Institute

  60. Initiative & Referendum Institute at USC

  61. Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe

  62. International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL)

  63. Jefferson Center*

  64. Library of Congress

  65. MoveOn.org

  66. National Center for Public Policy Research

  67. National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD)

  68. National Conference of State Legislatures

  69. National Endowment for Democracy

  70. National Initiative for Democracy/Philadelphia Two

  71. National Initiative Election

  72. National Tax Limitation Committee

  73. National Taxpayers Union (NTU)

  74. National vs. Federal: Do You Know The Difference?

  75. New America Foundation

  76. New Rules Project

  77. Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

  78. Open Directory Project - Direct Democracy Web Site Listing

  79. openDemocracy - Human Rights and Democracy

  80. Our Documents

  81. PBS-MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, Online "Deliberative Poll®*" By the People

  82. People's Lobby

  83. Pew Charitable Trusts

  84. PoliticalMoneyLine.com (TRKC Inc)

  85. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for the United States, 2000

  86. Progressive Populist

  87. Project Vote Smart

  88. Public Citizen

  89. Public Interest Institute

  90. Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

  91. Ratifiers for Democracy

  92. ReclaimDemocracy.org

  93. RenewAmerica

  94. Rights & Democracy- International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD)

  95. Source List and Detailed Death Tolls for the Twentieth Century Hemoclysm

  96. Supreme Court of the United States

  97. Taxpayers for Common Sense

  98. TenureCorrupts.Com

  99. The Rest of Us

  100. ThisNation - American Government and Politics Portal

  101. Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet

  102. U.S. Census Bureau

  103. U.S. Constitution Online

  104. U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG)

  105. United for a Fair Economy

  106. United We Stand America

  107. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

  108. World Bank

  109. World Movement for Democracy

  110. YourCongress.com

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