An Examination of the Effectiveness of Citizen Participation in Nonelective Government as Seen in Three Models of Political Linkage

[摘要] The United States’ system of representative government results from the conviction that ;;... the people are the only legitimate fountain of power;; (Federalist 49). This fundamental premise has led to the use of a variety of devices to allow citizens to influence government. Voting rights, the most basic of these mechanisms, are established in the Constitution (Article 1, Section 2). Other means of citizen input, while not constitutionally guaranteed, have developed in recent years as American government has expanded. This research project examines these secondary methods of participation, in which the citizen attempts to influence government outside the role of elector.

[发布机构] University of Michigan

[效力级别] Norman R. Luttbeg

[关键词] nonelective citizen participation;Norman R. Luttbeg;rational-activist model;political parties model;pressure group model;Public Administration