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Referendum Voting: Social Status and Policy Preferences

Referendum Voting: Social Status and Policy Preferences


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Once a prominent feature of most theories on the structure and function of political systems, in recent years, social class or status has become one of the most neglected variables in research on contemporary American politics. This study analyzes the relationship between social status and referendum voting in an effort to refocus attention on social stratification in political science.

Table of Contents:

Tables
Preface
An Overview of the Referendum Process
Theories of Electoral Behavior
Correlates of Voting in Different Types of Elections
Status and Voting in Non-Expenditure Referenda
Status and Voting in Expenditure Referenda
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index



About the Author :

HARLAN HAHN is Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California.

SHELDON KAMIENIECKI is also Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California.



Review :
." . . In the latest addition to this expanding literature Hahn and Kamieniecki analyze the role partisanship and especially social status played in more than 200 different types and referenda elections held in some 40 US and several Canadian cities from 1955 to 1970. Their analysis of census and referenda data reveals a significant and consistent association between increasing status and approval of expenditure and nonexpenditure issues. Moreover, in considering possible long-term demographic changes, the authors conclude that The referendum can be a meaningful alternative for citizens, especially the powerless, the initiate social change . . . and [to modify] fundamental political institutions. Overall, this is a readable and thoroughly referenced study; it is also a very specialized study based on elections held nearly 20 years ago."-Choice ?. . . In the latest addition to this expanding literature Hahn and Kamieniecki analyze the role partisanship and especially social status played in more than 200 different types and referenda elections held in some 40 US and several Canadian cities from 1955 to 1970. Their analysis of census and referenda data reveals a significant and consistent association between increasing status and approval of expenditure and nonexpenditure issues. Moreover, in considering possible long-term demographic changes, the authors conclude that The referendum can be a meaningful alternative for citizens, especially the powerless, the initiate social change . . . and [to modify] fundamental political institutions. Overall, this is a readable and thoroughly referenced study; it is also a very specialized study based on elections held nearly 20 years ago.?-Choice ?Though social class once played a prominent role in theories explaining American voting behavior, its influence has waned in recent times, note political scientists Harlan Hahn and Sheldon Kamieniecki. Having spent four years researching historical results of referenda, initiatives and recalls, which early in the century were the most heralded instruments of democracy, they recommend a return to concepts of elites versus the masses in analysis of American politics.?-National Journal "Though social class once played a prominent role in theories explaining American voting behavior, its influence has waned in recent times, note political scientists Harlan Hahn and Sheldon Kamieniecki. Having spent four years researching historical results of referenda, initiatives and recalls, which early in the century were the most heralded instruments of democracy, they recommend a return to concepts of elites versus the masses in analysis of American politics."-National Journal


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780313256110
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Social Status and Policy Preferences
  • ISBN-10: 031325611X
  • Publisher Date: 06 Nov 1987
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 182


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