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Demanding Choices: Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy
Bowler, Shaun, Donovan, Todd Andrew
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Description for Demanding Choices: Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy
Paperback. Referenda are becoming a more common way to resolve heated political questions. This book shows how voters make choices in referenda Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Referenda on important public policy questions have come to play a central role in policy making in many states. Referenda, or ballot propositions, have resulted in limits on taxation and limits on the number of terms of elected officials, and have dealt with bilingual education, campaign finances, and affirmative action, in states all over the country.
Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan present a searching and original examination of how voters make decisions in direct referenda. The authors ask if voters have some information about the issue easily at their disposal and if they make choices that seem sensible given ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472087150
SKU
V9780472087150
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Ref
99-15
About Bowler, Shaun, Donovan, Todd Andrew
Shaun Bowler is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. Todd Donovan is Associate Professor of Political Science, Western Washington University.
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