Direct Legislation in the American States
In: Referendums around the World, S. 218-257
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In: Referendums around the World, S. 218-257
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 600-611
The last decade has seen a resurgence in interest in three direct democracy devices—the initiative, the popular referendum and the recall. These processes reflect the Progressive Era reformers' aim of enlarging the role of citizens and voters as well as restricting or checking the power of intermediary institutions such as state and local legislatures, political parties, and elected executives. The focus of this article is to examine the increased use of the initiative and popular referendum at the state level as well as how the process actually works. The related processes of the recall and teledemocracy are addressed in other articles in this symposium.Statewide Provisions for Initiative, Popular Referendum and RecallThe initiative process permits petitioners to write and, if a sufficient number of valid signatures are gathered, place those proposals on the ballot. The initiative can be placed directly on the ballot (the direct initiative); or before the legislature. If the legislature does not enact the measure or otherwise satisfy the sponsors of the initiative, the sponsors can gather additional signatures and place their proposal on the ballot (the indirect initiative). Five times as many states have the direct initiative as the indirect and, in states that permit both, proponents typically prefer to go directly to the ballot.
In: Political behavior, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 287
ISSN: 0190-9320
In: Political behavior, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 287-306
ISSN: 1573-6687
In: Political behavior, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 393-411
ISSN: 1573-6687
In: Political behavior, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 393-412
ISSN: 0190-9320
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 330-351
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: The Western political quarterly: official journal of Western Political Science Association, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 330
ISSN: 0043-4078
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 47, Heft 4, S. 1291-1293
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Hōsei-kenkyū: Journal of law and politics, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 325
ISSN: 0387-2882
In: The Journal of law & [and] politics, Band 7, S. 325-352
ISSN: 0749-2227
In: History workshop: a journal of socialist and feminist historians, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 62-81
ISSN: 1477-4569
In: The Western political quarterly: official journal of Western Political Science Association, Band 28, S. 330-351
ISSN: 0043-4078
In: Political geography quarterly, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 67
ISSN: 0260-9827