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200 10$aLawmaking by initiative$b[electronic resource] $eissues, options and comparisons /$fPhilip L. Dubois and Floyd Feeney
210   $aNew York $cAgathon Press$dc1998
215   $a1 online resource (278 p.)
225 1 $aAgathon series on representation ;$vv. 4
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-87586-311-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO: HISTORY; CHAPTER THREE: THE INITIATIVE AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY; CHAPTER FOUR: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN STATE LAWS; CHAPTER FIVE: INITIATIVE IN SWITZERLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES; CHAPTER SIX: THE BASIC STRUCTURE: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, INITIATIVE STATUTES, AND SUBJECT-MATTER RESTRICTIONS; CHAPTER SEVEN: SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS; CHAPTER EIGHT: REDUCING COMPLEXITY I: BETTER DRAFTING AND MORE ACCURATE VOTING; CHAPTER NINE: REDUCING COMPLEXITY II: MAKING INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES UNDERSTANDABLE
327   $aCHAPTER TEN: REDUCING COMPLEXITY III: THE NUMBER OF INITIATIVESCHAPTER ELEVEN: IMPROVING VOTER UNDERSTANDING; CHAPTER TWELVE: INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND DISCLOSURE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A: Appendix Tables; APPENDIX B: The Massachussetts Ballot Pamphlet; APPENDIX C: California Ballot Summary; APPENDIX D: Swiss Initiatives: Problems of Counting, Landesgemeinde, Sources; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS
330   $aThis book describes the history of the initiative process and the major issues that have arisen during its increasing use in recent years. By elucidating the problems that have arisen and their possible solutions, the authors seek both to inform the debate about the wisdom of the initiative and to offer suggestions for improvement to jurisdictions that choose to use the process. With the aid of more than 40 charts and tables, the authors compare the major features of the initiative in the American jurisdictions that have adopted the procedure-24 states and the District of Columbia. They draw p
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