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3Direct DemocracyInternational IDEA Constitution-Building PrimerInternational IDEA Constiution-Building Primer 3Elliot BulmerDirect DemocracyInternational IDEA Constitution-Building Primer 3 2017 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)Second edition First published in 2014 by International IDEA International IDEA publications are independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the views of International IDEA, its Board or its Council electronic version of this publication is available under a Creative Commons Attribute-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA ) licence. You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the publication as well as to remix and adapt it, provided it is only for non-commercial purposes, that you appropriately attribute the publication, and that you distribute it under an identical licence.

by appealing directly to the people. They raise questions of voter competence and ... decisions, such as establishing a new state or constitution. Giving voice and control to ordinary citizens Elected representatives may, once in office, put the interests of privileged elites

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