Format:
Online-Ressource (215 p)
ISBN:
9780226510828
Series Statement:
American Politics and Political Economy
Content:
Direct democracy is alive and well in the United States. Citizens are increasingly using initiatives and referendums to take the law into their own hands, overriding their elected officials to set tax, expenditure, and social policies. John G. Matsusaka's For the Many or the Few provides the first even-handed and historically based treatment of the subject.Drawing upon a century of evidence, Matsusaka argues against the popular belief that initiative measures are influenced by wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. Examining demographic, political
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CONTENTS; Preface; 1 An American Institution; 2 A Blizzard of Data; Part I The Evidence; 3 Spending and Taxes, 1970-2000; 4 For the Many or the Few; 5 Conservative or Liberal; Part II Explaining the Facts; 6 When Legislators Get Out of Step; 7 Key Episodes in the Twentieth Century; Part III Open Questions; 8 Majority Tyranny and the Constitution; 9 Delegation, Information, and Competition; Appendix 1 Initiative Provisions in States, 1898-2003; Appendix 2 Initiative Provisions in the Twenty Largest Cities, 2000; Appendix 3 Data Definitions and Sources
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Appendix 4 Critical Notes on the Empirical LiteratureNotes; References; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226510873
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226510811
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe For the Many or the Few : The Initiative, Public Policy and American Democracy
Language:
English
Keywords:
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