How initiatives don't always make citizens: Ballot initiatives in the american states, 1978-2004

Political Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-489

  Schlozman, Daniel ^a   Yohai, Ian ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Citizenship; Direct democracy; Initiatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549087154     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-008-9062-0     Document Type: Article

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