Direct Legislation

Direct Legislation PDF

Author: David Magleby

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 2001-12-15

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780801869808

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Direct Legislation concludes with a consideration of the developing implications of direct legislation for legislatures, political parties, candidate elections, and other political institutions and processes.

Democratic Innovations

Democratic Innovations PDF

Author: Graham Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-07-02

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0521514770

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This book examines democratic innovations from around the world, drawing lessons for the future development of both democratic theory and practice.

The Indirect Effect of Direct Legislation

The Indirect Effect of Direct Legislation PDF

Author: Frederick J. Boehmke

Publisher: Ohio State University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0814209963

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"To demonstrate this, the author models the incentives that the initiative process creates for interests to organize and for how they communicate their preferences to policy makers. Interests that represent a broader range of the public are found to gain the most from the option to propose initiatives, implying that the set of organized interests in initiative states should reflect this advantage. Ironically, an effect of direct legislation is to potentially increase the effectiveness of special interest lobbying in state legislatures - in a sense, the opposite of the direct control that gives direct legislation its theoretical appeal. Yet, the clear effect is one of empowering voices that traditionally had very little effect in the legislative process.