Budgeting by the Ballot: Initiatives in the State of Montana |
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Authors: | Krishna K. Tummala,& Marilyn F. Wessel |
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Affiliation: | MPA Program at Montana State University, Bozeman,;Montana State University |
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Abstract: | Citizen participation in the decision-making process and government's responsiveness to people's needs constitute the core of the democratic ethic. Three institutional arrangements are devised to make democracy more democratic: initiatives, referenda, and recall. This article deals specifically with the initiative process in the State of Montana. While citizen participation could be an end in itself, it is viewed here as a means to achieve specific ends. Three different initiatives are studied using four criteria to determine the efficacy of the process. |
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