This volume is a basic introduction to the vocabulary, concepts, and objectives of social scientific thought. It aims to orient students to the research methods course for both consumers and producers of social science research. The authors ask such questions as: "Where do concepts come from? What is a variable? Why bother with scientific thinking ...
In this second edition of STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS: INSTITUTIONS AND REFORM, Donovan, Mooney, and Smith go beyond the purely descriptive treatment usually found in state and local texts. First, the book offers an engaging comparative approach, showing students how politics and government differ between states and communities, and pointing out the ...
STATE AND LOCAL Politics: Institutions & Reform: THE ESSENTIALS will intrigue you with comparative perspectives on state/local government that no other book provides. Real-life examples illustrate the kinds of problems and issues faced at the state and local level, so you will better understand how institutions and systems impact actual ...
Democratic elections are designed to create unequal outcomes: for some to win, others have to lose. This book examines the consequences of this inequality for the legitimacy of democratic political institutions and systems. Using survey data collected in democracies around the globe, the authors argue that losing generates ambivalent attitudes ...
For undergraduate courses as a supplemental text in Introduction to American Politics courses; and appropriate for upper-level courses in Comparative Electoral Systems with a focus on Campaigns and Elections. This text offers a general, chapter-by-chapter discussion of a wide range of political reforms by encouraging students to consider how the ...
Early in the twentieth century, many American states began experimenting with direct democracy. Direct democracy -- primarily the initiative device -- allows groups to place directly before voters laws affecting taxation, spending, term limits, school choice, gay rights, immigration, and numerous other state issues. Ballot initiatives were ...
"Democracy in the States" offers a 21st century agenda for election reform in America based on lessons learned in the fifty states. Combining accessibility and rigour, leading scholars of U.S. politics and elections examine the impact of reforms intended to increase the integrity, fairness, and responsiveness of the electoral system. While some of ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
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