For the Many Or the Few - The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy

Informationen zum Autor John G. Matsusaka is a professor in the Marshall School of Business! Gould School of Law! and in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California. He is also president of the Initiative Referendum Institute. Klappentext Studies a century of budget data from states and cities to provide a picture of how direct democracy is changing government policies. This book argues against the belief that initiatives empower wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. It demonstrates how initiatives led to significant tax and expenditure cuts. Zusammenfassung Studies a century of budget data from states and cities to provide a picture of how direct democracy is changing government policies. This book argues against the belief that initiatives empower wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. It demonstrates how initiatives led to significant tax and expenditure cuts.

Product details

• Authors: J. G. Matsusaka, J.g. Matsusaka, John G. Matsusaka, MATSUSAKA JOHN G
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780226510828
• ISBN: 978-0-226-51082-8
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 159 mm x 13 mm
• Series: American Politics & Political; American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics/Political Economy Series Appe (CHUP); American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system