LEADER 03971nam 22007094a 450 001 9910811774703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96592-8 010 $a9786611965921 010 $a0-226-51087-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226510873 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578844 035 $a(EBL)408278 035 $a(OCoLC)309278649 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156760 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156760 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130848 035 $a(PQKB)10374049 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122583 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408278 035 $a(DE-B1597)524564 035 $a(OCoLC)842589096 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226510873 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408278 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266056 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196592 035 $a(OCoLC)646784352 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578844 100 $a20040202d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFor the many or the few $ethe initiative, public policy, and American democracy /$fJohn G. Matsusaka 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican politics and political economy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-51081-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-194) and index. 327 $aAn American institution -- A blizzard of data -- Spending and taxes, 1970-2000 -- For the many or the few -- Conservative or liberal -- When legislators get out of step -- Key episodes in the twentieth century -- Majority tyranny and the constitution -- Delegation, information, and competition. 330 $aDirect democracy is alive and well in the United States. Citizens are increasingly using initiatives and referendums to take the law into their own hands, overriding their elected officials to set tax, expenditure, and social policies. John G. Matsusaka's For the Many or the Few provides the first even-handed and historically based treatment of the subject. Drawing upon a century of evidence, Matsusaka argues against the popular belief that initiative measures are influenced by wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. Examining demographic, political, and opinion data, he demonstrates how the initiative process brings about systematic changes in tax and expenditure policies of state and local governments that are generally supported by the citizens. He concludes that, by and large, direct democracy in the form of the initiative process works for the benefit of the many rather than the few. An unprecedented, comprehensive look at the historical, empirical, and theoretical components of how initiatives function within our representative democracy to increase political competition while avoiding the tyranny of the majority, For the Many or the Few is a most timely and definitive work. 410 0$aAmerican politics and political economy. 606 $aReferendum$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aFiscal policy$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 610 $apolicies, political, government, america, united states, usa, democratic, academic, scholarly, research, higher education, citizen, referendum, action, activist, activisim, social studies, law, legal, election, official, tax, expenditure, history, historical, evidence, unbiased, wealth, special interest, influence, demographic, data, state, local. 615 0$aReferendum 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aFiscal policy 676 $a328.273 700 $aMatsusaka$b John G$01627354 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811774703321 996 $aFor the many or the few$93963910 997 $aUNINA