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Psychobiography And Politics, Ibpp Editor Nov 1996

Psychobiography And Politics, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses how voters base their voting preferences and behaviors on the meaning given to a single event in the lives of the candidates in U.S. presidential elections.


Defining Political Corruption: The Supreme Court's Role, Paul S. Edwards Mar 1996

Defining Political Corruption: The Supreme Court's Role, Paul S. Edwards

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


One Question At A Time, Please!, Chris Spruce Jan 1996

One Question At A Time, Please!, Chris Spruce

Maine Policy Review

In the Margaret Chase Smith Essay, Chris Spruce addresses the conundrum of public referenda, championed by many as the most direct form of democracy and criticized by others for creating winners and losers without the traditional give and take of American politics. He reviews the recent history of public referenda in Maine, including the recent clear-cutting initiative. Perhaps we lose more than we gain when we oversimplify complex public issues with inherently conflicting values biases.


Ethics And The Election Of 1996, Steve Ballard Jan 1996

Ethics And The Election Of 1996, Steve Ballard

Maine Policy Review

In the Margaret Chase Smith Essay, Steve Ballard discusses the Maine Code of Election Ethics: its origins, its successes and failures, and how it can be improved. Pioneered by the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, the code is a unique response to a national problem—making representative government work.