Paths to Legitimacy: Public Opinion and Policy Change through Referendums and Legislatures

• In Event: Electoral Accountability and Public Opinion Research

Brief Overview

With a series of conjoint experiments conducted in the United States and Latin America, we examine the legitimating effects of mechanisms of direct democracy (referendums, citizens’ initiatives) versus legislative action.

Authors

• Eli Rau, Tecnologico de Monterrey

• Radha Sarkar, Tecnologico de Monterrey

• Shahana Sheikh, University of Pennsylvania

• Susan Stokes, University of Chicago