Greenwood Publishing Group

The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action
Zimmerman, Joseph F.
A groundbreaking study of the New England town meeting reveals that meetings with small attendance provide effective superintendence of town affairs. Zimmerman provides a new conception of town meeting democracy by emphasizing the role of committees in offsetting special interest groups and the availability of two safety values--open access to all voters and the initiative to add articles to the warrant and the calling of special meetings to reconsider decisions made at the preceding meeting.
 
DOI: 10.1336/0275965236
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The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action
Hardback, 248 pages, $110.95
Copyright ©1999, Praeger Publishers
ISBN: 0-275-96523-6
DOI: 10.1336/0275965236
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