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Across the United States, there is wide variation in opportunities for citizens to craft legislation through the process of direct democracy. Previous studies suggest that an active role in policy making can spark political interest and engagement, encouraging individuals, who would otherwise abstain from voting, to turn out. Daniel R. Biggers challenges this contention, testing a new theoretical framework that details the exact circumstances under which any proposition might increase participation. Morality at the Ballot reveals that the ability of direct democracy to increase turnout is significantly more limited than currently thought, and that the propositions that do affect participation are restricted to a small subset of ballot issues that include morality policy. Biggers uses these morality propositions to demonstrate the conditions necessary for direct democracy to influence turnout, affect who votes, and shape electoral and policy outcomes. The investigation provides significant insights into the consequences of deciding policy via the ballot and expanding the role for citizens in the political process

The Civilian Writers of Doctors' Commons, London : Three Centuries of Juristic Innovation in Comparative, Commercial and International Law.

Hauptbeschreibung: Verfahrensrecht stellt eine notwendige Ergänzung des materiellen Umweltrechts dar. Verfügbarkeit von Information für den Einzelnen und die Öffentlichkeit ist dabei Grundvoraussetzung für aktive Teilhabe und effektiven Rechtsschutz in Umweltangelegenheiten. In Konsequenz haben das Völker- und das Europarecht vielfältige Pflichten der Staaten zu aktiver Verbreitung und individuellem Zugang zu Umweltinformationen hervorgebracht. Daniel Klein untersucht und systematisiert diese überstaatliche Pflichtenvielfalt mit Blick auf ihre Funktionen, Adressaten, Ausgestaltung sowie ihre Gre

For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. Power over Peoples examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East today. Why did the sailing vessels that gave the Portuguese a century-long advantage in the Indian Ocean fail to overcome Muslim

"Filled with case studies from firms such as GT Automotive, GE Healthcare China, Vale, Dominos, Swiss Re Americas Division, and Polar Bank, among others, this book (written by Dan Denison and his co-authors) combines twenty years of research and survey results to illustrate a critical set of cultural dynamics that firms need to manage in order to remain competitive. Each chapter uses a case as a means to illustrate an important aspect of culture change focusing on seven common culture-change dilemmas including creating a strategic alignment, keeping strategy simple, and more"--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Integration and Disintegration -- 1. American Dream, American Work: Fantasies and Realities of Honduran Migrants -- 2. The Needy, the Greedy, and the Lazy: The Moral Universe of Migration -- 3. The Ashes of Progress: A Biography after Modernization -- 4. The Devil Has Been Destroyed: Mediation and Christian Citizenship -- 5. Justice at a Price: Risk and Regulation in the Global Coffee Market -- 6. Global Sociality, Postmodernity, and Neopopulism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index