Download or read book The New England Town Meeting written by Joseph F. Zimmerman and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.