CITIZENS AS LEGISLATORS: DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
by SHAUN BOWLER, TODD DONOVAN and CAROLINE TOLBERT
The Ohio State University Press, 1998
Cloth: 978-0-8142-0777-2 | Paper: 978-0-8142-0778-9
Library of Congress Classification JF494.C57 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification 328.273
TOC
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1.
- An Overview of Direct Democracy in the American States
- Donovan, Todd
- Bowler, Shaun
- Part I
- The Context of Direct Legislation Campaigns
- 2.
- Election Law and Rules for Using Initiatives
- Tolbert, Caroline J.
- Lowenstein, Daniel H.
- Donovan, Todd
- 3.
- California's Political Warriors: Campaign Professionals and the Initiative Process
- McCuan, David
- Bowler, Shaun
- Donovan, Todd
- Fernandez, Ken
- 4.
- Contending Players and Strategies: Opposition Advantages in Initiative Elections
- Donovan, Todd
- Bowler, Shaun
- McCuan, David
- Fernandez, Ken
- Part II
- Elections and Voters
- 5.
- Direct Legislation: When Is It Used and When Does It Pass?
- Banducci, Susan A.
- 6.
- Searching for Ideological Consistency in Direct Legislation Voting
- Banducci, Susan A.
- 7.
- The Influence of Elite Endorsements in Initiative Campaigns
- Karp, Jeffrey A.
- Part III
- State Public Policies and Direct Democracy
- 8.
- Changing Rules for State Legislatures: Direct Democracy and Governance Policies
- Tolbert, Caroline J.
- 9.
- Pressuring Legislatures through the Use of Initiatives: Two Forms of Indirect Influence
- Gerber, Elisabeth R.
- 10.
- Race/Ethnicity and Direct Democracy: The Contextual Basis of Support for Anti-Immigrant and Official English Measures
- Tolbert, Caroline J.
- Hero, Rodney E.
- 11.
- Direct Democracy and Minorities: Changing Attitudes about Minorities Targeted by Initiatives
- Wenzel, James
- Donovan, Todd
- Bowler, Shaun
- 12.
- Responsive or Responsible Government?
- Donovan, Todd
- Bowler, Shaun
- References
- Index
- Contributors
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