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BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCES, LINKS TO INFORMATION SITES,  AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bibliography and References

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

  8. Blackwell, Christopher "The Council of 500: the institution" 95-page Downloadable Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  46. 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

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

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

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

  52. 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

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  54. University of Southern California, Initiative & Referendum Institute

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

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

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

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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. Americans for the Constitution

  6. Article5.org

  7. Articles of Confederation Online

  8. Athenian Democracy

  9. Ballot Initiative Strategy Center

  10. Bartleby Word References

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

  12. British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

  13. Bureau of the Public Debt

  14. California Recall Special Election Information

  15. Californians for a State Constitutional Convention (RepairCalifornia.org)

  16. Canadians for Direct Democracy (CDD)

  17. Cato Institute

  18. Center for Deliberative Democracy

  19. Center for Public Integrity

  20. Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)

  21. Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)

  22. Center for Voting and Democracy

  23. Center for Wise Democracy

  24. Center on Democratic Performance

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

  26. Centre on Direct Democracy (C2D)

  27. CIA World Factbook

  28. Citizens Against Government Waste

  29. Citizens' Assembly Party

  30. Citizens for Term Limits

  31. Citizens in Charge

  32. Clean Elections Institute (Arizona)

  33. Clean Up Washington

  34. Coalition for National Referendum

  35. Common Cause

  36. CommonDreams.org

  37. Constitution Project - Citizens for the Constitution

  38. Constitution Society

  39. Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute

  40. Council of State Governments

  41. Democracy for the Information Age (iSolon.org)

  42. Democracy International

  43. Democracy Now!

  44. Democracy21

  45. Demos

  46. Digest of Educational Statistics, 2002

  47. Direct Democracy PDF E-book Download

  48. Direct Democracy Web Ring

  49. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

  50. Electronic Voting Bibliography

  51. Empower America

  52. FAIR

  53. FairVote

  54. Families USA

  55. Federal Election Commission

  56. Federalist Society

  57. Federal Grand Jury

  58. Free Congress Foundation

  59. Free Press

  60. Friends of the Article V Convention

  61. Gettysburg Address

  62. Good Bye Incumbents

  63. Healthy Democracy

  64. Heritage Foundation

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

  66. Independence Institute

  67. Initiative & Referendum Institute at USC

  68. Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe

  69. International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL)

  70. Jefferson Center*

  71. Library of Congress

  72. MoveOn.org

  73. National Center for Public Policy Research

  74. National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD)

  75. National Conference of State Legislatures

  76. National Endowment for Democracy

  77. National Initiative for Democracy/Philadelphia Two

  78. National Initiative Election

  79. National Tax Limitation Committee

  80. National Taxpayers Union (NTU)

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

  82. New America Foundation

  83. New Rules Project

  84. Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

  85. Open Directory Project - Direct Democracy Web Site Listing

  86. openDemocracy - Human Rights and Democracy

  87. Our Documents

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

  89. People's Lobby

  90. Pew Charitable Trusts

  91. PoliticalMoneyLine.com (TRKC Inc)

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

  93. Progressive Populist

  94. Project Vote Smart

  95. Public Citizen

  96. Public Interest Institute

  97. Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

  98. Ratifiers for Democracy

  99. ReclaimDemocracy.org

  100. RenewAmerica

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

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

  103. Supreme Court of the United States

  104. Taxpayers for Common Sense

  105. TenureCorrupts.Com

  106. The Rest of Us

  107. ThisNation - American Government and Politics Portal

  108. Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet

  109. U.S. Census Bureau

  110. U.S. Constitution Online

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

  112. United for a Fair Economy

  113. United We Stand America

  114. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

  115. World Bank

  116. World Movement for Democracy

  117. YourCongress.com

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  Citizens Jury® is a trademark of the Jefferson Center.

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