Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions

ISBN-13: 9781349372096 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 199 str.

Shaun Bowler; Amihai Glazer; S. Bowler

Opis

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?"

Spis treści

Introduction; S.Bowler& A.Glazer Direct Democracy and Campaigns; D.A.Smith Direct Democracy and Public Interest; C.Tolbert& D.Bowen Direct Democracy and the Public Agenda; S.P.Nicholson Direct Democracy's Impact on Political Parties; S.Bowler& T.Donovan Direct Democracy, Interest groups and the Legislature; F.J.Boehmle Direct Democracy and the Executive; J.G.Matsusaka Direct Democracy and Policy Stability in the States; A.Glazer& A.McGann Direct Democracy and Good Governance: Does it Matter?; R.J.Dalton

O autorze

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