For the many or the few : the initiative, public policy, and American democracy / / John G. Matsusaka

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Autore:	Matsusaka John G
Titolo:	For the many or the few : the initiative, public policy, and American democracy / / John G. Matsusaka
Pubblicazione:	Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica:	1 online resource (215 p.)
Disciplina:	328.273
Soggetto topico:	Referendum - United States
	Democracy - United States
	Fiscal policy - United States
Soggetto geografico:	United States Politics and government
Note generali:	Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-194) and index.
Nota di contenuto:	An 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.
Sommario/riassunto:	Direct 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.
Titolo autorizzato:	For the many or the few
ISBN:	1-281-96592-8
	9786611965921
	0-226-51087-5
Formato:	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione:	Inglese
Record Nr.:	9910811774703321
Lo trovi qui:	Univ. Federico II
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Serie: American politics and political economy.

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