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Demanding Choices : Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy

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 wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bowler, Shaun (Autor), DonovanTodd (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : Ipswich : University of Michigan Press ; Ebsco Publishing Distributor
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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; 8. How Campaign Spending Affects Voter Awareness and Opinions of Initiatives.
  • 9. Conclusions about Voter Reasoning in Direct DemocracyAppendix A: Coding of Variables on Private Interests and Voting Behavior; References; Index.