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Educated by initiative : the effects of direct democracy on citizens and political organizations in the American states /
Educated by Initiative moves beyond previous evaluations of public policy to emphasize the educational importance of the initiative process itself. Since a majority of ballots ultimately fail or get overturned by the courts, Smith and Tolbert suggest that the educational consequences of initiative v...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Educated by Initiative moves beyond previous evaluations of public policy to emphasize the educational importance of the initiative process itself. Since a majority of ballots ultimately fail or get overturned by the courts, Smith and Tolbert suggest that the educational consequences of initiative voting may be more important than the outcomes of the ballots themselves. The result is a fascinating and thoroughly-researched book about how direct democracy teaches citizens about politics, voting, civic engagement and the influence of special interests and political parties. Designed to be accessible to anyone interested in the future of American democracy, the book includes boxes (titled "What Matters") that succinctly summarize the authors' data into easily readable analyses |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 225 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780472024254 0472024256 1282423630 9781282423633 9786612423635 6612423633 |