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Direct Democracy’s Impact on American Political Institutions

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Shaun Bowler

    1. University of California, Riverside, USA

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  2. Amihai Glazer
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. “Hybrid Democracy” and Its Consequences

    • Shaun Bowler, Amihai Glazer
    Pages 1-19

  3. Was Rove Right? Ohio’s Gay Marriage Ban and the 2004 Presidential Election

    • Daniel A. Smith
    Pages 21-34

  4. Electoral Supply and Demand: Direct Democracy Campaigns, Political Interest, and Participation

    • Caroline Tolbert, Daniel Bowen
    Pages 35-53

  5. Direct Democracy and the Public Agenda: Ballot Initiatives and Public Beliefs about Important Problems

    • Stephen P. Nicholson
    Pages 55-68

  6. Direct Democracy’s Effects on Political Parties

    • Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan
    Pages 69-92

  7. The Initiative Process and Interest Group Attention to Legislative Activity

    • Frederick J. Boehmke
    Pages 93-113

  8. Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch

    • John G. Matsusaka
    Pages 115-135

  9. Direct Democracy and the Stability of State Policy

    • Amihai Glazer, Anthony McGann
    Pages 137-147

  10. Direct Democracy and Good Governance: Does It Matter?

    • Russell J. Dalton
    Pages 149-167

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 169-199
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About this book

In this volume a series of contributions look at the impact of direct democracy on those processes of representative democracy to raise – and answer – the question: Does direct democracy harm representative democracy?

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  • University of California, Riverside, USA

    Shaun Bowler

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SHAUN BOWLER is Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC-Riverside, USA.

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