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Direct democracy and state legislatures : = Does professionalism matter?

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Direct democracy and state legislatures :/
Reminder of title:	Does professionalism matter?
Author:	Mirjanian, Donald D.
Description:	1 online resource (136 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, page: 1580.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International47-01.
Subject:	Political science. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780549692393

Direct democracy and state legislatures : = Does professionalism matter?
Mirjanian, Donald D.

Direct democracy and state legislatures :Does professionalism matter? - 1 online resource (136 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, page: 1580.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references

This thesis seeks to improve our understanding of the relationship between state legislative professionalism and direct democracy. Using institutionalist theory as a framework, I employ negative binomial regression to measure frequency changes in statewide ballot initiatives (1990-2000) as a function of state legislative professionalism. I find that increased professionalism is associated with higher levels of ballot initiatives appearing on statewide ballots, after controlling for qualification difficulty, interest group strength, divided government, and demographic variables. While the conclusions may not provide insight as to the long-term (or short-term, for that matter) quality of the initiatives or referenda, they do provide insight as to when the citizenry is more likely to eschew one fundamental component of American government---representative democracy---in favor of what has quickly become another important component of American government---direct democracy.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780549692393Subjects--Topical Terms:

558774
Political science.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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