TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bowler,Shaun
AU  - Donovan,Todd Andrew
TI  - Demanding Choices: Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy
SN  - 9780472023349
AV  - JF1051 
U1  - 321.8 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Elections
KW  - Referendum
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- 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 Democracy -- Appendix A: Coding of Variables on Private Interests and Voting Behavior -- References -- Index
N2  - Referenda are becoming a more common way to resolve heated political questions. This book shows how voters make choices in referenda
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ER  -