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Reforming Legislatures : American Voters and State Ballot Measures, 1792-2020
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Title
Reforming Legislatures : American Voters and State Ballot Measures, 1792-2020 / by Peverill Squire.
ISBN
9780826275035
9780826223098
Publication
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2024].
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2024
Copyright Notice Date
©[2024].
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"This study offers a unique perspective on what American voters have historically thought about legislatures as organizations and legislators as representatives. Rather than focusing on responses to surveys that ask respondents how they rate the current performance of lawmakers and legislatures, this study leverages the most significant difference between national and state politics: the existence of ballot propositions in the latter"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project MUSE complete collection 2024.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2024
Series
Studies in constitutional democracy
Contents
State ballot measures, reform eras, and the voters
Fundamental institutional arrangements and public opinion
Fundamental rules on legislative membership and public opinion
Legislative service and public opinion
Legislative decision-making and public opinion
American public opinion on legislatures and legislators.
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