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Direct Democracy’s Impact on American Political Institutions

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. “Hybrid Democracy” and Its Consequences

    • Shaun Bowler, Amihai Glazer
    Pages 1-19
  3. Direct Democracy’s Effects on Political Parties

    • Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan
    Pages 69-92
  4. Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch

    • John G. Matsusaka
    Pages 115-135
  5. Direct Democracy and the Stability of State Policy

    • Amihai Glazer, Anthony McGann
    Pages 137-147
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 169-199

About this book

In this volume a series of contributions look at the impact of direct democracy on those processes of representative democracy to raise – and answer – the question: Does direct democracy harm representative democracy?

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Riverside, USA

    Shaun Bowler

About the editors

SHAUN BOWLER is Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC-Riverside, USA.

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