LEADER 00946nam0-22003011i-450- 001 990006495360403321 005 20001010 035 $a000649536 035 $aFED01000649536 035 $a(Aleph)000649536FED01 035 $a000649536 100 $a20001010d--------km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aita 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $aEducation, religion & politics in southern Sudan 1899-1864$fLilian Margaret Passmore Sanderson and Neville Sanderson 210 $aLondon$cPress-Khartoum$eIthaca$cIthaca University Press$d1982. 215 $aVI, 511 p.$d22 cm 676 $a962.4 700 1$aSanderson,$bLilian Passmore$0244578 702 1$aSanderson,$bG. Neville 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990006495360403321 952 $aXIV E 2779$b26268$fFSPBC 959 $aFSPBC 996 $aEducation, religion & politics in southern Sudan 1899-1864$9654426 997 $aUNINA DB $aGEN01 LEADER 04283nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910971071203321 005 20250508165826.0 010 $a1-282-76101-3 010 $a9786612761010 010 $a9780472087150 010 $a0472087150 010 $a0472087150 010 $a0-472-02334-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016223 035 $a(EBL)3414933 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000415611 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11296685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415611 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10419317 035 $a(PQKB)10232314 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414933 035 $a(BIP)46266204 035 $a(BIP)6430670 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016223 100 $a19980421h20001998 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemanding choices $eopinion, voting, and direct democracy /$fShaun Bowler and Todd Donovan 205 $a1st pbk. ed. 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$d2000, c1998 215 $axiv, 198 p. ;$d24 cm 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-472-08715-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aReferenda 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. 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aElections 606 $aReferendum 606 $aRepresentative government and representation 615 0$aDemocracy. 615 0$aElections. 615 0$aReferendum. 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation. 676 $a321.8 700 $aBowler$b Shaun$f1958-$0872454 701 $aDonovan$b Todd$01818260 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971071203321 996 $aDemanding choices$94377305 997 $aUNINA