Design, Meaning and Choice in Direct Democracy
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Design, Meaning and Choice in Direct Democracy

The Influences of Petitioners and Voters

  1. 254 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Design, Meaning and Choice in Direct Democracy

The Influences of Petitioners and Voters

About this book

Design, Meaning and Choice in Direct Democracy examines the link between political knowledge and participation in direct democracy in the United States. Presenting insights on the different behaviours of the petitioner, the ballot and the voter and using quantitative, qualitative and experimental methodological approaches, Shauna Reilly evaluates the use of direct democracy and why, despite the power of these measures, there is such low turnout in these elections. She demonstrates the varied approaches to ballot measures and citizens particularly when dealing with citizen comprehension which can account for the variety of language that appears on the ballot. A rigorous and highly original analysis of direct democracy in the United States, this book guarantees that readers will be shocked at the findings and question the future of governance through ballot measures.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. 1 Introduction to Direct Democracy and Political Comprehension
  12. 2 Critical Evaluation of Citizen Comprehension and Direct Democracy
  13. 3 Theoretical Foundations
  14. 4 Petitioners and the Oregon Process
  15. 5 Petitioner Attitudes and Activities
  16. 6 The Impact of Language on Participation
  17. 7 Topic Selection and Language Barriers
  18. 8 Individual Votes: A Preference Voting Experiment
  19. 9 The Future and Consequences of Comprehension on Ballot Propositions
  20. Appendix A Mail Survey Instrument
  21. Appendix B Sample Ballot Questions
  22. Appendix C Ballot Proposition by Topic
  23. Appendix D Researcher Information
  24. Appendix E Pre-test and Ballot Questions Used for Experiment Treatments
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index