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Sept-Oct, 2003
"Town Meeting: Democracy By The People" - Sources For More Info On Town Meetings

There are not a lot of books and information widely available on town meetings, which is one of the reasons we decided to do a story on them. Two books that explore and discuss the town meeting in great detail are as follows:

The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action
by Prof. Joseph F. Zimmerman.
Note: This book is currently available on Amazon.com.

Prof. Zimmerman was quoted in the story. To find out more about him, use the following link:

http://www.albany.edu/rockefeller/pos/faculty/cvzimm.htm

Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How It Works
by Prof. Frank M. Bryan.
Note: This book will be available by the end of this year. Amazon.com lists it as being available on their site by January of 2004.

Prof. Bryan was quoted in the story. To find out more about him, use the following link:

http://www.uvm.edu/~polisci/faculty/bryan_bio.html