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Psychobiography And Politics, Ibpp Editor
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
Defining Political Corruption: The Supreme Court's Role, Paul S. Edwards
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
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One Question At A Time, Please!, Chris Spruce
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
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.