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This book examines the voting restrictions that have been
implemented across the United States in the post-2008 recession
era. Navigating the literature and conventional wisdom, this book
navigates the fiscal, partisan and racial influences on voting
rights laws in a post-recession era. Reilly explores the role each
of these three influences have had on policy and culminate in a
trifecta of effects. This is the first contribution to the
literature that explores fiscal impacts with the interaction of
race and partisanship.
The Intersection of High-Impact Practices: What's Next for Higher
Education? examines high-impact practices and their impacts
individually and collectively to demonstrate the added value of
connecting high-impact practices. The research presented by Drs.
Reilly and Turnbaugh-Langley illustrates that student success is
not just a function of participation in one or many high-impact
practices, but rather the order, timing, and interaction of these
practices that yields the highest impact. These chapters discuss
various high-impact practices such as study abroad experiences,
student research initiatives, and internships to explore how these
kinds of activities augment and enrich the success of students. The
authors also speculate on where schools could increase the funding
for these high-impact practices to maximize the institution's
return on investment. Ultimately, this book strongly advocates for
not only the benefits of high-impact practices, but making sure
students have multiple experiences with them.
Design, Meaning and Choice in Direct Democracy examines the link
between political knowledge and participation in direct democracy
in the United States. Presenting insights on the different
behaviours of the petitioner, the ballot and the voter and using
quantitative, qualitative and experimental methodological
approaches, Shauna Reilly evaluates the use of direct democracy and
why, despite the power of these measures, there is such low turnout
in these elections. She demonstrates the varied approaches to
ballot measures and citizens particularly when dealing with citizen
comprehension which can account for the variety of language that
appears on the ballot. A rigorous and highly original analysis of
direct democracy in the United States, this book guarantees that
readers will be shocked at the findings and question the future of
governance through ballot measures.
Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act provides an
interesting and unique approach to the problem of translating
minority language ballots and evaluating the causes and effects of
differences in the translated ballot language. As a whole, this
book demonstrates the strong relationship between accessibility,
state policy, and the role this has on participation among minority
language voters, particularly in the area of direct democracy. This
offers insight into the complex relationship that has evolved into
the current state of governance across the United States, as well
as how covered jurisdictions interact with federally mandated
language assistance. By looking at this relationship from a variety
of standpoints-including historical and policy analysis,
interviews, and statistical analysis-this book shows a new
perspective of the translation process and the implications for
minority voters and their efficacy.
The increased use of direct democracy measures across the United
States has brought attention to the individual petitioner however
their motivations and goals continue to be an enigma. Drawing on
behavioral, historical and legal analysis to provide a more
concrete depiction of these individuals, expert contributors
examine the true personalities, motivations and expectations,
successes and failures of petitioners in the direct democracy
process and how they culminate in policy formation across the
United States. Six typologies; the zealot, the victim, the amateur,
the lawyer, the professional, and the politician are identified and
later applied to four key policy areas, taxation, health, the
environment and education. A lucid contribution to the existing
literature on direct democracy and an excellent resource for
studying how petitioners are able to influence their communities
beyond the ballot box.
Design, Meaning and Choice in Direct Democracy examines the link
between political knowledge and participation in direct democracy
in the United States. Presenting insights on the different
behaviours of the petitioner, the ballot and the voter and using
quantitative, qualitative and experimental methodological
approaches, Shauna Reilly evaluates the use of direct democracy and
why, despite the power of these measures, there is such low turnout
in these elections. She demonstrates the varied approaches to
ballot measures and citizens particularly when dealing with citizen
comprehension which can account for the variety of language that
appears on the ballot. A rigorous and highly original analysis of
direct democracy in the United States, this book guarantees that
readers will be shocked at the findings and question the future of
governance through ballot measures.
The Resilient Voter: Stressful Polling Places and Voting Behavior
provides a new perspective on the role voting barriers play,
demonstrating that they not only discourage participation but also
affect the quality of votes cast. Offering an interesting and
unique approach to the study of voting barriers, Shauna Reilly and
Stacy G. Ulbig investigate the possibility that complicated ballot
language, provisional voting, and long polling place lines cause
some voters to cast ballots in a manner contradictory to their
preferences. Building on arguments that stressful polling place
conditions subject citizens to stress that can prevent them from
casting complete ballots or even choosing to vote at all, the
authors ask whether those who endure polling place frustrations and
persevere to cast a ballot might become so stressed by their
experience that they are unable to mark their ballots in a manner
consistent with their standing policy preferences. Using a creative
experimental design, the authors examine the ways in which complex
ballot language, registration difficulties, and long polling place
lines affect voters' stress levels, and how such anxieties
translate into the willingness to cast a complete ballot and the
ability to vote in a manner conforming to previously expressed
preferences. The authors demonstrate that even though most voters
prove remarkably resilient in the face of some potentially
stressful polling place barriers, they are not immune to all
polling place conditions. Further, they illustrate that some
segments of the electorate tend to be more vulnerable to polling
place stressors than others and illustrate the ways in which the
compound effects of multiple barriers can exert an even wider
impact.
This book examines the voting restrictions that have been
implemented across the United States in the post-2008 recession
era. Navigating the literature and conventional wisdom, this book
navigates the fiscal, partisan and racial influences on voting
rights laws in a post-recession era. Reilly explores the role each
of these three influences have had on policy and culminate in a
trifecta of effects. This is the first contribution to the
literature that explores fiscal impacts with the interaction of
race and partisanship.
The increased use of direct democracy measures across the United
States has brought attention to the individual petitioner however
their motivations and goals continue to be an enigma. Drawing on
behavioral, historical and legal analysis to provide a more
concrete depiction of these individuals, expert contributors
examine the true personalities, motivations and expectations,
successes and failures of petitioners in the direct democracy
process and how they culminate in policy formation across the
United States. Six typologies; the zealot, the victim, the amateur,
the lawyer, the professional, and the politician are identified and
later applied to four key policy areas, taxation, health, the
environment and education. A lucid contribution to the existing
literature on direct democracy and an excellent resource for
studying how petitioners are able to influence their communities
beyond the ballot box.
Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act provides an
interesting and unique approach to the problem of translating
minority language ballots and evaluating the causes and effects of
differences in the translated ballot language. As a whole, this
book demonstrates the strong relationship between accessibility,
state policy, and the role this has on participation among minority
language voters, particularly in the area of direct democracy. This
offers insight into the complex relationship that has evolved into
the current state of governance across the United States, as well
as how covered jurisdictions interact with federally mandated
language assistance. By looking at this relationship from a variety
of standpoints-including historical and policy analysis,
interviews, and statistical analysis-this book shows a new
perspective of the translation process and the implications for
minority voters and their efficacy.
The Resilient Voter: Stressful Polling Places and Voting Behavior
provides a new perspective on the role voting barriers play,
demonstrating that they not only discourage participation but also
affect the quality of votes cast. Offering an interesting and
unique approach to the study of voting barriers, Shauna Reilly and
Stacy G. Ulbig investigate the possibility that complicated ballot
language, provisional voting, and long polling place lines cause
some voters to cast ballots in a manner contradictory to their
preferences. Building on arguments that stressful polling place
conditions subject citizens to stress that can prevent them from
casting complete ballots or even choosing to vote at all, the
authors ask whether those who endure polling place frustrations and
persevere to cast a ballot might become so stressed by their
experience that they are unable to mark their ballots in a manner
consistent with their standing policy preferences. Using a creative
experimental design, the authors examine the ways in which complex
ballot language, registration difficulties, and long polling place
lines affect voters' stress levels, and how such anxieties
translate into the willingness to cast a complete ballot and the
ability to vote in a manner conforming to previously expressed
preferences. The authors demonstrate that even though most voters
prove remarkably resilient in the face of some potentially
stressful polling place barriers, they are not immune to all
polling place conditions. Further, they illustrate that some
segments of the electorate tend to be more vulnerable to polling
place stressors than others and illustrate the ways in which the
compound effects of multiple barriers can exert an even wider
impact.
Direct democracy typically is lauded for putting power in the hands
of the people. But is it really as democratic as it seems? To what
extent, and in what circumstances, is it less about citizen power
and more about external influences seeking to manipulate outcomes?
Addressing these issues, Shauna Reilly draws on and compares case
studies of referendums, recall elections, and initiatives around
the world to investigate the complex realities of direct democracy
in action.
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