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Association: Name: The Midwest Political Science Association URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Schlozman, Daniel. and Yohai, Ian. "How Initiatives Don't Make Citizens: Ballot Initiatives in the American States, 1988-2004" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 20, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p140588_index.html>

Schlozman, D. and Yohai, I. , 2006-04-20 "How Initiatives Don't Make Citizens: Ballot Initiatives in the American States, 1988-2004" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p140588_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Using data from the 1988-2004 National Election Studies and four different measures of initiatives, we demonstrate that voter initiatives in the American states have extremely limited effects on political efficacy, knowledge, and turnout. For both internal and external efficacy, for knowledge among non-voters, and for turnout in presidential elections, we find initiatives’ effects to be almost precisely zero. For knowledge among voters and for turnout in midterm elections, we find modest effects. Our models show that initiatives’ maximum possible effect is about a quarter as large as the effect of moving from a high-school to a college education. Advocates claim that when citizens can make law, they become better citizens. We cast strong doubt on these conclusions.

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