Democracy Derailed Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money

Name: Democracy Derailed Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money
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ISBN: 9780156014106

ISBN-10: 0156014106

ISBN-13: 9780156014106

Edition: 2001

Authors: David S. Broder

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Now in paperback, how initiatives are remaking our democracy, creating a hazardous new arena of politics. Where once most state laws were passed by legislatures, now voters in half the states and hundreds of cities decide directly on such explosive issues as drugs, affirmative action, casino gambling, assisted suicide, and human rights. Ostensibly driven by public opinion, the initiative process is far too often manipulated by moneyed interests, often funded by out-of-state millionaires pursuing their own agendas. In this highly controversial book, David Broder, the "dean of American political journalism" (Brill's Content), explains how a movement that started with Proposition 13 in…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English