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100			_aScarrow, Susan E.
245			_aDirect democracy and institutional change: a comparative investigation
260			_c2001
300			_ap.651-65
362			_aAug
520			_aIs direct democracy on the rise around the world? Previous efforts to answer this question have investigated paterns of referendum usage and have found only small and isolated increases. In contrast, the current study focuses on patterns of institutional change and finds a broad movement to redesign institutions in ways that give citizens more opportunities to exercise direct control over political decision making. - Reproduced
650			_aDemocracy
773			_aComparative Political Studies
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999			_c50004 _d50004