: RecommendedReading

Recommended Reading List

• T. Becker with B. Briand: The Last, Lost Empire∞ (a digital, interactive book inviting you to participate)

• Matthew T. Witt, A. Kouzmin: Sense Making Under "Holographic" Conditions: Framing "State Crimes Against Democracy" (SCAD) Research∞; YouTube rendition of its main ideas∞

• L. A. Manwell: In Denial of Democracy: Social Psychological Implications for Public Discourse on State Crimes Against Democracy Post-9/11∞

• Andrzej Kaczmarczyk: Cyberdemocracy: Change of Democratic Paradigm in the 21st Century∞

• Citizen Power: A Mandate for Change by Mike Gravel (paperback), available e.g. from Amazon Books∞

• Books by Akiva Orr∞ (in English and Hebrew)

• New book by Michael Stansfield presented for feedback∞

• Jos Verhulst and Arjen Nijeboer: Direct Democracy: Arguments and Experiences on the Introduction of Initiative and Referendum. Available for download in six languages (English, German, Danish, Dutch, French, Slovak) from here∞

• SARTORI, Giovanni: Democrazia. Cosa è. (What is democracy?). Rizzoli, Milan 2007. 388 pages, 19 EUR.

• Noami Klein: The Shock Doctrine. The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Knopf Canada 2007. 662 pages, Cdn $36.95.

• The Return of Patriarchy∞ (Such trends may effect the transition to DD)

• Four books on US politics & Irak war∞

• Deliberative E Democracy: Two books by Majid Behrouzi∞

• A fundamental new paper: Referenda: Plebiscites or Opinion Polls. An Analysis of the Use, Constitutionality and Appropriateness of Direct Democracy in the British Constitution∞

• QuantumPolitics

• "Participatory Democracy: Prospects for Democratizing Democracy" (new edition), Roussopoulos, Benello, eds., Black Rose Books, 2005. An anthology, it includes a wide range of contributions, bringing in the main historical threads of democratic thinking and initiatives.

• Direct Democracy In Switzerland has its origins in 1291∞

• MORE books with nicely produced reviews∞

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