Format:
1 Online-Ressource (186 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691002665
,
0691002673
,
1400823307
,
9780691002675
,
9781400823307
Content:
Do small but wealthy interest groups influence referendums, ballot initiatives, and other forms of direct legislation at the expense of the broader public interest? Many observers argue that they do, often lamenting that direct legislation has, paradoxically, been captured by the very same wealthy interests whose power it was designed to curb. Elisabeth Gerber, however, challenges that argument. In this first systematic study of how money and interest group power actually affect direct legislation, she reveals that big spending does not necessarily mean big influence. Gerber bases her findings
Content:
7. Indirect Policy ConsequencesState Policy Differences; Summary and Conclusions; 8. The Populist Paradox: Reality or Illusion?; Economic Group Limitations; Citizen Group Dominance; Implications for the Study of Direct Legislation; Implications for the Study of Interest Group Influence; Positive versus Normative Implications; A Final Assessment; Appendixes; A. Direct Legislation Institutions; B. Survey of Organizations; References; Index
Content:
Achieving Indirect Preserving Influence: Opposing anInitiative to Signal the LegislatureBehavioral Hurdles; Summary and Conclusions; 4. Group Characteristics and Resources; Monetary and Personnel Resources; Using Resources to Overcome Hurdles; Membership Characteristics; Classifying Groups and Their Resources; Hypotheses about Motivations and Forms of Influence; Summary; 5. Motivations and Strategies; Methodology; What Do Groups Say They Do?; What Do Groups Actually Do?; Summary and Conclusions; 6. Direct Policy Consequences; Direct Policy Consequences; Summary and Conclusions
Content:
Cover; THE POPULIST PARADOX; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. What Is the Populist Paradox?; A Theory of Interest Group Influence; Motivation: The Study of Interest Group Influence; Justification: Why Study Direct Legislation?; Plan of the Book; 2. Interest Group Choice; Forms of Influence; Interest Group Choice; Achieving Influence; Summary and Conclusions; 3. Direct Legislation Hurdles; Achieving Direct Modifying Influence; Achieving Direct Preserving Influence; Achieving Indirect Modifying Influence
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gerber, Elisabeth R Populist Paradox : Interest Group Influence and the Promise of Direct Legislation Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011 ISBN 9780691002675
Language:
English
