Do Election Reforms Ensure That Policies More Closely Reflect Public Opinion?
U.S. Newswire › October 28, 2010
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New USC Study Suggests the Answer is 'No'
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study, "Popular Control of Public Policy: A Quantitative Approach," by John Matsusaka, president of the USC Initiative and Referendum Institute and a USC Marshall School of Business and Gould School of Law professor, examines 10 high-profile issues in 50 states to calculate whether enacted public policies are congruent and match with the will of the American populace.See the full content of this document
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Do Election Reforms Ensure That Policies More Closely Reflect Public Opinion?
The paper, published in this month's Quarterly Journal of Political Science, reviews 500 cases involvin...
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