The passage of education itizen initiatives: Evidence from California

Educational Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-456

  Bali, Valentina A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Direct democracy; Education; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549137860     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807307066     Document Type: Article

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