Bypassing the representational filter? Minority rights policies under direct democracy institutions in the U.S. states

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 198-222

  Lewis, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballot initiatives; Direct democracy; Minority rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956283588     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440011406227     Document Type: Article

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