Wildlife policy-making by the electorate: An overview of citizen-sponsored ballot measures on hunting and trapping

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Minnis, Donna L ^a,b,c,d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society

Author keywords

Anti hunting; Anti trapping; Ballot initiative; Direct democracy; Popular referendum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031825404     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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