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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791487603321

Autore

Bowler Shaun

Titolo

Demanding Choices [[electronic resource] ] : Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-76101-3

9786612761010

0-472-02334-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DonovanTodd Andrew

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Elections

Electronic books. -- local

Referendum

Representative government and representation

Direct democracy

Government - General

Political Institutions & Public Administration - General

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

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""