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Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money - Hardcover

Broder, David S.

 
9780151004645: Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0151004641 ISBN 13: 9780151004645
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000

Synopsis

A Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist offers an analysis of the political initiative process, which began with California's Proposition 13 and which involves citizens voting directly on new laws, arguing that this process has been manipulated by the lobbyists and big money.

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Review

"David Broder lays out an insightful, compelling, and sobering scenario."-Tim Russert, NBC's Meet the Press

Lucent and fair . . . Broder is utterly convincing . . . [and] will get credit
for raising the first warning flag."-The New York Times Book Review
A concise, cogent political analysis . . . This alarm-bell of a book deserves-
and is likely to command-wide attention."-The Baltimore Sun
David Broder lays out an insightful, compelling, and sobering scenario."
-Tim Russert, NBC's Meet the Press

About the Author

David S. Broder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and columnist, writes twice weekly for the Washington Post and is syndicated in more than 300 newspapers. He is a regular on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's Inside Politics, and PBS's Washington Week in Review. He is the author or co-author of six previous books, including the bestseller Changing of the Guard. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0151004641
ISBN 13 
9780151004645
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
260