By Karin Gilland Lutz, S. Hug
Critics of referendums usually lament that giant cash may well purchase good fortune on the poll field. yet spending by way of curiosity teams can also be informative for electorate. this may in simple terms ensue, even if, if the financing of referendum campaigns is regulated. This publication bargains an summary of those rules and provides learn on their results.
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Bowler, T. J. Tolbert (eds), Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press). Dunsmuir, M. (1992) Referendums: The Canadian Experience in an International Context (Ottawa: Parliamentary Research Branch of Library of Parliament, Law and Government Division). R. (1999) The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and the Promise of Direct Legislation (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press). R. and A. Lupia (1995) ‘Campaign Competition and Policy Responsiveness in Direct Legislation Elections’, Political Behavior, 17: 287–306.
Tolbert (eds), Citizens as Legislators: Direct Democracy in the United States (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press). Dunsmuir, M. (1992) Referendums: The Canadian Experience in an International Context (Ottawa: Parliamentary Research Branch of Library of Parliament, Law and Government Division). R. (1999) The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and the Promise of Direct Legislation (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press). R. and A. Lupia (1995) ‘Campaign Competition and Policy Responsiveness in Direct Legislation Elections’, Political Behavior, 17: 287–306.
Gerber (1999) classifies groups according to their membership characteristics. She defines economic interest groups as those who have primarily organizational representatives as members. She defines citizens’ groups as those who have autonomous individuals as members. Put differently, citizens’ groups are those which receive their support from personal and monetary resources, and economic groups are those that are solely reliant on monetary resources. Businesses and corporations are considered economic interest groups.
