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1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index. |
| Contents |
The history of direct democracy : a critique of voter competence -- Reasoning voters : sorting through the demands of direct democracy -- Responding to demands : information, abstention, and just saying "no" -- Economic conditions and voting on ballot propositions -- Private interests and instrumental voting -- Voter response to the initiative logroll and the counterproposition -- Partisan interests and campaign information : support for term limits -- How campaign spending affects voter awareness and opinions of initiatives -- Conclusions about voter reasoning in direct democracy -- Appendix A: coding of variables on private interests and voting behavior. |
| Summary |
In Demanding Choices, Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan explore how voters make decisions in direct referenda. The authors ask if voters have easy and accessible information about an issue and if the choices voters make 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", or with voters approving propositions they do not want or understand. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Representative government and representation.
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Representative government and representation. |
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Elections.
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Elections. |
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Direct democracy.
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Direct democracy. |
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Referendum.
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Referendum. |
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Electronic books.
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Donovan, Todd.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bowler, Shaun, 1958- Demanding choices. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998 9780472087150 (DLC) 98019714 (OCoLC)39045078 |
| ISBN |
9780472023349 (electronic book) |
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0472023349 (electronic book) |
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0472109421 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780472109425 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0472087150 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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9780472087150 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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