What are some formal mechanisms that some state constitutions employ in order to incorporate direct democracy into the governmental process?

What will be an ideal response?


?Initiative: Allows voters to place legislative measures on the ballot.
?Referendum: Allows voters to reject a measure adopted by the legislature.
?Recall: Voters can remove an elected official from office.

Political Science

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Which of the following BEST characterizes the impact of press clubs on the Japanese mass media?

a. They serve to protect the media from undue government harassment. b. They suppress news critical of large and influential organizations, such as government agencies and business corporations. c. They provide a network through which reporters can build close ties with one another. d. They provide a network through which reporters can connect to government bureaucracies and private firms. e. All of these.

Political Science

Which of the following forms of voting involves shouting "aye" or "no"?

A) spoken vote B) teller vote C) voice vote D) division vote E) call vote

Political Science

What is a collective action? How do interest groups overcome the major challenges that collective action problems pose?

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

Transnational advocacy networks are maintained on the grounds of ______.

a. shared roles and individualized values b. shared values and differentiated roles c. individualized goals and changing roles d. undefined roles and conflicting values

Political Science