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Representative Democracy and State Building in the Progressive Era

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  • McDonagh, Eileen Lorenzi

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I draw upon state-building and legislative literatures to investigate how constituency-based representative institutions in the Progressive Era nationalized innovative public policies, thereby expanding the authority of the federal government as a component of the modern American state developing at that time. Using state-level referenda votes as measures of grassroots views, multivariate analysis discloses the impact of district opinion, as well as party and district economy, as major determinants of House roll call voting on landmark regulatory legislation authorizing federal intervention in market relationships, state suffrage qualifications, and life-style behaviors involving intoxicating beverages.

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  • McDonagh, Eileen Lorenzi, 1992. "Representative Democracy and State Building in the Progressive Era," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 86(4), pages 938-950, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:86:y:1992:i:04:p:938-950_09
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    1. Alexander Dyck & David Moss & Luigi Zingales, 2013. "Media versus Special Interests," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 56(3), pages 521-553.
    2. Ali Modarres, 2002. "Persistent Poverty and the Failure of Area-Based Initiatives in the U.S," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 17(4), pages 289-302, November.

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