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Initiatives without Engagement - A Realistic Appraisal of Direct Democracy's Secondary Effects (Hardcover)
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Initiatives without Engagement - A Realistic Appraisal of Direct Democracy's Secondary Effects (Hardcover)
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Arguments about the American ballot initiative process date back to
the Progressive Era, when processes allowing citizens to decide
policy questions directly were established in about half of the
states. When political scientists began to examine whether the
state ballot initiative process had spillover consequences, they
found the initiative process had a positive impact on civic
engagement. Recent scholarship casts doubt on these conclusions,
determining the ballot initiative process in fact did not make
people believe they could influence the political process, trust
the government, or be more knowledgeable about politics. However,
in some circumstances, it got them to show up at the polls, and
increased interest groups' participation in the political arena. In
this book, Dyck and Lascher develop and test a theory that can
explain evidence that the ballot initiative process fails to
provide the civic benefits commonly claimed for it, and evidence
that it increases political participation. This theory argues that
the basic function of direct democracy is to create more conflict
in society.
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