Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-164) and index.
Contents
Kindred votes : an introduction -- A theory of agenda voting -- Studying agendas and direct legislation in U.S. elections -- Ballot measures and Congressional election agendas -- Priming the freeze : nuclear freeze ballot measures as a common basis of candidate voting in state and federal elections -- Taking the initiative : illegal immigrants, affirmative action, and strategic politicians in California's 1994 and 1996 elections -- Direct democracy : the people's agenda?
