The New England town meeting : democracy in action / Joseph F. Zimmerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmerman, Joseph Francis, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--New England.

Local government.

Democracy--New England.

Democracy.

Political participation--New England.

Political participation.

Politics, Practical--New England.

Politics, Practical.

New England--Politics and government.

New England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work explores the town meeting form of government. It provides a conception of town meeting democracy, positing that it is a de facto representative legislative body with three safety valves - access to all voters, the ability to add articles and call meetings, and the protest referendum.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Law Making by Assembled Citizens; 2 Genesis of the Town Meeting; 3 The Massachusetts Open Town Meeting; 4 The New Hampshire Open Town Meeting; 5 The Vermont Open Town Meeting; 6 The Maine Open Town Meeting; 7 The Connecticut Open Town Meeting; 8 The Rhode Island Financial Town Meeting; 9 The Representative Town Meeting; 10 Democratic Law Making; Appendix I: Marshfield, Massachusetts, Town Meeting Rules and Definitions; Appendix II: Stoneham, Massachusetts, Town Government Organization; Appendix III Fitzwilliam New Hampshire Town Warrant 1997

Appendix IV Milford New Hampshire Absentee Ballot 1997Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index.

ISBN:

9798400690891

9780313003639

0313003637

OCLC:

55214672