Morality At the Ballot - Direct Democracy and Political Engagement in the United States

Informationen zum Autor Daniel R. Biggers is a postdoctoral associate at the Center for the Study of American Politics and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. His work has appeared in Political Behavior and American Politics Research. His dissertation, which served as the basis for this book, was a co-recipient of the Christopher Z. Mooney Dissertation Award, awarded by the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for the best dissertation in the field. Klappentext Morality at the Ballot examines the ability of direct democracy (the process of deciding policy through the ballot) to increase turnout. Zusammenfassung Morality at the Ballot examines the ability of direct democracy (the process of deciding policy through the ballot) to increase turnout. In contrast to previous studies! this book shows that this ability is much more limited than currently thought. Daniel R. Biggers demonstrates how and when direct democracy can increase participation! affect who votes! and influence electoral and policy outcomes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A theoretical framework; 3. The case for moral issue propositions; 4. Enticing peripheral voters; 5. Statewide ballot measures and turnout; 6. Local-level ballot measures and turnout; 7. A partisan advantage?; 8. Policy outcomes and lessons from morality at the ballot.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Biggers, Daniel R. Biggers, Daniel R. (Yale University Biggers, Biggers Daniel R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2014
• EAN: 9781107084575
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08457-5
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, Social Theory, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political activism, Politics & government, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes