Class information for:
Level 1: DIRECT DEMOCRACY//BALLOT INITIATIVES//STEALTH DEMOCRACY

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
21811 404 42.4 29%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
5 3       POLITICAL SCIENCE//INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS//REVUE FRANCAISE D HISTOIRE D OUTRE-MER 156065
106 2             POLITICAL SCIENCE//ELECTORAL STUDIES//POLIT SCI 25423
21811 1                   DIRECT DEMOCRACY//BALLOT INITIATIVES//STEALTH DEMOCRACY 404

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 DIRECT DEMOCRACY authKW 2579658 20% 42% 82
2 BALLOT INITIATIVES authKW 345510 2% 57% 8
3 STEALTH DEMOCRACY authKW 236189 1% 63% 5
4 CONSTITUENTS PREFERENCES authKW 226745 1% 100% 3
5 POPULAR INITIATIVES authKW 226745 1% 100% 3
6 REFERENDUM authKW 226703 6% 13% 24
7 BALLOT MEASURES authKW 209945 1% 56% 5
8 INITIATIVE authKW 182455 3% 19% 13
9 GRAY DAVIS authKW 151163 0% 100% 2
10 INITIATIVE PROCESS authKW 151163 0% 100% 2

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Political Science 55155 71% 0% 285
2 Economics 1282 20% 0% 80
3 Public Administration 464 4% 0% 15
4 Law 370 6% 0% 24
5 Sociology 276 5% 0% 21
6 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 206 4% 0% 16
7 Communication 172 3% 0% 11
8 Planning & Development 39 1% 0% 6
9 Urban Studies 27 1% 0% 4
10 International Relations 25 1% 0% 5

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 CHAIR PL POLIT SCI 75582 0% 100% 1
2 CHAIR PUBL LAW EMPIR LEGAL LAW ECON 75582 0% 100% 1
3 DEMOCRACY STUDIES ZDA 75582 0% 100% 1
4 DOCUMENTAT DIRECT DEMOCRACY C2D 75582 0% 100% 1
5 DSPRI 75582 0% 100% 1
6 EBS LAW 75582 0% 100% 1
7 HAROLD HARTOG GOVT PUBL POLICY 75582 0% 100% 1
8 HESBURGH 216 75582 0% 100% 1
9 INITIAT REFERENDUM 75582 0% 100% 1
10 LEHRSTUHL REGIERUNGSSYST BUNDESREPUBL DEUT LAND 75582 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 STATE POLITICS & POLICY QUARTERLY 98314 4% 7% 18
2 SWISS POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 77702 4% 6% 17
3 AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH 25296 3% 2% 14
4 POLITICAL BEHAVIOR 15826 2% 2% 10
5 POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY 15288 4% 1% 16
6 PUBLIC CHOICE 12611 6% 1% 23
7 ELECTORAL STUDIES 9995 3% 1% 14
8 KYKLOS 7978 2% 1% 10
9 REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA 7175 1% 2% 5
10 JOURNAL OF POLITICS 5858 3% 1% 13

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 DIRECT DEMOCRACY 2579658 20% 42% 82 Search DIRECT+DEMOCRACY Search DIRECT+DEMOCRACY
2 BALLOT INITIATIVES 345510 2% 57% 8 Search BALLOT+INITIATIVES Search BALLOT+INITIATIVES
3 STEALTH DEMOCRACY 236189 1% 63% 5 Search STEALTH+DEMOCRACY Search STEALTH+DEMOCRACY
4 CONSTITUENTS PREFERENCES 226745 1% 100% 3 Search CONSTITUENTS+PREFERENCES Search CONSTITUENTS+PREFERENCES
5 POPULAR INITIATIVES 226745 1% 100% 3 Search POPULAR+INITIATIVES Search POPULAR+INITIATIVES
6 REFERENDUM 226703 6% 13% 24 Search REFERENDUM Search REFERENDUM
7 BALLOT MEASURES 209945 1% 56% 5 Search BALLOT+MEASURES Search BALLOT+MEASURES
8 INITIATIVE 182455 3% 19% 13 Search INITIATIVE Search INITIATIVE
9 GRAY DAVIS 151163 0% 100% 2 Search GRAY+DAVIS Search GRAY+DAVIS
10 INITIATIVE PROCESS 151163 0% 100% 2 Search INITIATIVE+PROCESS Search INITIATIVE+PROCESS

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 SMITH, DA , TOLBERT, C , (2007) THE INSTRUMENTAL AND EDUCATIVE EFFECTS OF BALLOT MEASURES: RESEARCH ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN THE AMERICAN STATES.STATE POLITICS & POLICY QUARTERLY. VOL. 7. ISSUE 4. P. 416-445 43 66% 10
2 GREGOR, M , SMITH, ML , (2013) CIVIC INITIATIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF LEGAL UNCERTAINTY.JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL POLITICS. VOL. 25. ISSUE 1. P. 36-62 21 88% 0
3 LEININGER, A , (2015) DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE: POTENTIALS AND PITFALLS.GLOBAL POLICY. VOL. 6. ISSUE . P. 17 -27 24 63% 1
4 BOCHSLER, D , HUG, S , (2015) HOW MINORITIES FARE UNDER REFERENDUMS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY.ELECTORAL STUDIES. VOL. 38. ISSUE . P. 206 -216 21 70% 1
5 ARNOLD, F , FREIER, R , PALLAUF, M , STADELMANN, D , (2016) VOTING FOR DIRECT DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM AN INITIATIVE ELECTION.INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE. VOL. 23. ISSUE 4. P. 716 -740 22 56% 0
6 RADCLIFF, B , SHUFELDT, G , (2016) DIRECT DEMOCRACY AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: THE INITIATIVE AND LIFE SATISFACTION IN THE AMERICAN STATES.SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH. VOL. 128. ISSUE 3. P. 1405 -1423 22 50% 0
7 ASATRYAN, Z , (2016) THE INDIRECT EFFECTS OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY: LOCAL GOVERNMENT SIZE AND NON-BUDGETARY VOTER INITIATIVES IN GERMANY.INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE. VOL. 23. ISSUE 3. P. 580 -601 18 60% 0
8 DYCK, JJ , (2012) RACIAL THREAT, DIRECT LEGISLATION, AND SOCIAL TRUST: TAKING TYRANNY SERIOUSLY IN STUDIES OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVE.POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY. VOL. 65. ISSUE 3. P. 615 -628 19 61% 3
9 TOLBERT, CJ , SMITH, DA , (2005) THE EDUCATIVE EFFECTS OF BALLOT INITIATIVES ON VOTER TURNOUT.AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH. VOL. 33. ISSUE 2. P. 283-309 18 67% 44
10 FATKE, M , (2015) PARTICIPATION AND POLITICAL EQUALITY IN DIRECT DEMOCRACY: EDUCATIVE EFFECT OR SOCIAL BIAS.SWISS POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW. VOL. 21. ISSUE 1. P. 99 -118 19 53% 0

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 31525 RESIDUAL VOTES//BALLOT POSITION EFFECTS//VOTING TECHNOLOGY
2 5238 VOTER TURNOUT//TURNOUT//COMPULSORY VOTING
3 33329 ANDREW LEE//CHARLES MIX COUNTY//HARRY TRUMAN
4 7503 EUROSCEPTICISM//EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS//EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
5 8622 REDISTRICTING//GERRYMANDERING//LAW
6 7153 PARTY IDENTIFICATION//POLITICAL SCIENCE//POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
7 10947 POLICY DIFFUSION//STATE POLITICS & POLICY QUARTERLY//POLICY ADOPTION
8 7523 POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES//FISCAL RULES//POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE
9 11568 POLITICAL TRUST//SATISFACTION WITH DEMOCRACY//QUALITY OF DEMOCRACY
10 13061 DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY//DELIBERATION//PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

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