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The Connections Between Government Structure And Direct Democracy, Michael Joseph Biesiada
The Connections Between Government Structure And Direct Democracy, Michael Joseph Biesiada
Graduate Research Symposium (2018 - present)
The purpose of this prospectus is to examine county-level contextual factors that impact direct democracy mechanisms and voter turnout. The prospectus contains two essays that build upon each other with fitting theoretical frameworks. The first essay investigates the impact of contextual factors on a county government’s decision to permit citizen initiatives. This essay applies new institutionalism theory to understand the current connections between government structure and direct democracy mechanisms within U.S. counties. County governments play a vital role in American democracy, yet little is known about why some counties permit direct democracy mechanisms while others do not. I address a …