Rolling the Dice with State Initiatives: Interest Group Involvement in Ballot Campaigns

by Robert M. Alexander

Alexander examines interest group involvement in direct democracy. The tools of direct democracy--initiative, referendum, and recall--were initially created to delimit the power of economic interest groups and curb the power of political machines. Today, however, many believe that direct democracy has become a tool dominated by economic interests and that ballot contests have emboldened moneyed interests, rather than stemming their power. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275974960
• ISBN13: 9780275974961
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"