1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000548270403321

Autore

Van Wylen, Gordon J.

Titolo

Thermodynamics / Gordon J. Van Wylen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Wiley, 1959

ISBN

0-471-90222-5

Descrizione fisica

24 cm ; 567 p.

Locazione

DININ

DETEC

Collocazione

05 60 71

00 D581

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910397955803321

Titolo

Anali Ekonomskog fakulteta u Subotici

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Subotica : , : Univerzitet u Novom Sadu - Ekonomski fakultet, Subotica

ISSN

2683-4162

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Economic history - 1945-

Economics

Economic history

Periodicals.

Serbia Economic conditions Periodicals

Serbia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971071203321

Autore

Bowler Shaun <1958->

Titolo

Demanding choices : opinion, voting, and direct democracy / / Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2000, c1998

ISBN

1-282-76101-3

9786612761010

9780472087150

0472087150

0-472-02334-9

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 198 p. ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

DonovanTodd

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Elections

Referendum

Representative government and representation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""1. The History of Direct Democracy: A Critique of Voter Competence""; ""2. Reasoning Voters: Sorting through the Demands of Direct Democracy""; ""3. Responding to Demands: Information, Abstention, and Just Saying ""No""""; ""4. Economic Conditions and Voting on Ballot Propositions""; ""5. Private Interests and Instrumental Voting""; ""6. Voter Response to the Initiative Logroll and the Counterproposition""; ""7. Partisan Interests and Campaign Information: Support for Term Limits""

""8. How Campaign Spending Affects Voter Awareness and Opinions of Initiatives""""9. Conclusions about Voter Reasoning in Direct Democracy""; ""Appendix A: Coding of Variables on Private Interests and Voting Behavior""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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 their interests and the information they have. Looking at the way voters respond to different kinds of questions, the authors suggest that while direct democracy has its failings, the flaws do not necessarily lie with citizens being duped, nor with voters approving propositions they do not want or do not understand at some basic level. As cynicism about government has increased many have sought to take policy questions out of the hands of elected officials and put the questions directly before the voters for decision. And yet many are skeptical about the ability of voters to make intelligent decisions about complex policy issues. This important book demonstrates that voters are capable of responding thoughtfully to referenda questions. This book will appeal to students of contemporary American politics and electoral politics. Shaun Bowler is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California at Irvine. Todd Donovan is Associate Professor of Political Science, Western Washington University.