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For the many or the few : the initiative, public policy, and American democracy /
"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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2004.
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| Series: | American politics and political economy.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.