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Are referendums good for democracy?

5 mins | Feb 20, 2018

Democracy is about letting the people rule. But asking everyone’s opinion on every political decision would be impossible. So why do we sometimes have referendums and do they even help democracy? Farah Mohammed, writing in JSTOR Daily, looks at both sides of the question.