Direct Democracy in the United States (eBook, ePUB)

Petitioners as a Reflection of Society
Redaktion: Reilly, Shauna; Yonk, Ryan M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Experts assess the connection between characteristics of petitioners, how they are able to influence their communities beyond the ballot box and how large an influence they are on specific areas of policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136259500
• Artikelnr.: 38443027

Autorenporträt

Shauna Reilly is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science and Criminal Justice Department at Northern Kentucky University. Her main areas of research in the areas of American Politics, Political Behavior, State Politics and Public Opinion focus mainly on direct democracy. She has a book on ballot language entitled Design, Meaning and Choice: Petitioners and Voters' Influence. Ryan M. Yonk is an Assistant Professor in Political Science and Criminal Justice at Southern Utah University. His research focuses primarily on Economics, Political Behavior, Environmental Issues and Alternative Energies. Some recent publications include "Trading Places; Effects of voting systems on multi candidate elections" and "Bootleggers, Baptists and Political Entrepreneurs: Key Players in the Rational and Morality play of Regulatory Politics."

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The State of Petitioners, by Shauna Reilly and Ryan M. Yonk
Chapter 2: Success From Amateur to Zealot: A Typology of Initiative
Activists, by Mathew Manweller Chapter 3: Governors at the Bully Ballot
Box, by Thomas Lubbock Chapter 4: Petitioners and Policy Makers: State
Legislator Perceptions of Petitioners and Direct Democracy, by Richard N.
Engstrom and Jeff R. DeWitt Chapter 5: Petitioners as a Reflection of their
Community, by Shauna Reilly and Whitney McIntyre Miller Chapter 6:
Petitioners and Quality of Life in their Community, by Shauna Reilly and
Ryan Yonk Chapter 7: Education and Amateurs: Changes to Education Finance
by Petitioners, by Damon Cann and Teena Wilhelm Chapter 8: Petitioners in
Health Care Policy: Radicals or Partisans?, by Roberta Q. Hertzberg
Chapter 9: The Realm of the Zealot: Tax Policy, by Ryan Yonk, Terrie
Bechdel and Kayla Dawn Harris Chapter 10: Green Energy Democracy: A Venue
for Zealots and Professionals, by Randy Simmons, Kristen Dawson and Kayla
Dawn Harris, Chapter 11: Conclusion and Policy Potential, by Shauna Reilly
and Ryan Yonk