Battle over Citizen Lawmaking: The Growing Regulation of Initiative and Referendum Book

	What Is the Initiative & Referendum Institute?
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Democracy's Journey	5
Ch. 2	Initiative and Referendum and the Republican Form of Government	17
Ch. 3	Public Policy and Direct Democracy in the Twentieth Century: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same	35
Ch. 4	Special Interests and Direct Democracy: An Historical Glance	59
Ch. 5	Money in the Initiative and Referendum Process: Evidence of Its Effects and Prospects of Reform	73
Ch. 6	Silence Isn't Golden: The Legislative Assault on Citizen Initiatives	97
Ch. 7	The Animal Protection Movement: A Modern-Day Model Use of the Initiative Process	109
Ch. 8	The Barriers to Participation: The Consequences of Regulation	121
Ch. 9	In the Eye of the Beholder: The Single Subject Rule for Ballot Initiatives	131
Ch. 10	Taking Shelter Behind the First Amendment: The Defense of Popular Initiative	167
Ch. 11	The First Amendment Limits State Regulation of Initiatives and Referenda	189
Ch. 12	The Courts v. the People: An Essay on Judicial Review of Initiatives	197
Ch. 13	Preserving the Democratic Legacy of the American Frontier: Limiting Regulation of the People's Initiative and Referendum Process	211
Ch. 14	Initiative and Reform	217
Ch. 15	State Efforts to Regulate the Initiative Process	229
Ch. 16	Regulation of Direct Democracy Outside the USA: Impressions, Tendencies and Patterns from Overseas	239
	Conclusion: The Extension of Politics by Other Means	251
	App. A: Definition of Terms	261
App. B	Important Court Cases Relating to the Initiative and Referendum Process	263
App. C	List of States with Initiative and Referendum Process	276
App. D	List of Requirements to Place an Initiative on the Ballot	278
App. E	Major Initiative and Referendum Regulations since 1998	282
	Contributors	285
	Index	289