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Articles and Monographs

Direct Democracy and Civic Maturation by Alan Hirsch, April 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
 

Taking National Initiatives to the Next Level: A 21st Century Political Communications System by Ted Becker and Christa Slaton, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
 

Analysis of the Democracy Amendment and the Democracy Act by Robert M. Stern and Craig B. Holman, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
 

Direct Democracy in Switzerland: Discoveries from a political test tube by Gregory Fossedal, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Review of the book Direct Democracy in Switzerland by Gregory Fossedal

The Philadelphia II Proposal by Ronald J. Allen, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

A Critique of The National Initiative for Democracy by Paul Jacob, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

“Two Cheers for Popular Sovereignty and Direct Democracy: Historical Reflections” by Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr., February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Qualifying Initiatives by Public Opinion Polling by Kenneth Warren, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

The “First Principle” of Popular Sovereignty: Politics Without End by Richard Parker, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Direct Democracy: Federalism & the Guarantee Clause by William T. Mayton, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

The Project of Democracy by Alexander Keyssar, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Notes On The Democracy Amendment and Democracy Act by Mark Graber, February 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Judicial Review and the Democracy Act by Robert M. Stern, January 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Analysis of the Democracy Amendment and the Democracy Act by Robert M. Stern, January 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Full Democracy (Abridged) by Brian Beedham, January 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Amendment (Abridged) by Akhil REED AMAR, January 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Expanding Direct Democracy in the US: How Far is Too Far? by Todd Donovan, January 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Minority Rights, Representative Government and a National Initiative Process in the United States by Caroline J. Tolbert, January 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Initiative and Referendum in the United States by M. Dane Waters, January 2002. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Preview Edition of Ordinary People Doing the Extraordinary by Dwayne Hunn and Doris Ober, December 2001. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

The Story of Ed and Joyce Koupal and the Initiative Process .


Prospects For Reforming The Initiative Process, by Elizabeth Gerber, June 6, 2000.

A paper presented at the National Direct Democracy Conference, University of Virginia Center for Government Studies

How Interest Groups Use the Initiative Process in California, by Elizabeth Gerber, September, 1999. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

A research brief for The Public Policy Institute Of California

I & R in Oregon: Lessons Learned In The Making, by Dave Parrish, July, 1997.

A recent immigrant to Oregon assesses the implementation of "Initiative and Referendum" in that state.