Initiative Campaigns: Direct democracy and voter mobilization

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-192

  Tolbert, Caroline J ^a   Bowen, Daniel C ^a   Donovan, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballot initiatives and referenda; Direct democracy; Electoral campaigns; Inequality; Mobilization; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649220649     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08320185     Document Type: Article

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