Lose, win, or draw?: A reexamination of direct democracy and minority rights

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-314

  Haider Markel, Donald P ^a   Querze, Alana ^a   Lindaman, Kara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballot; Direct democracy; Gay; Madison; Minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547828732     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907301984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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