Introduction : publicizing the private sector -- A consumer revolution? : marketplace activism since the founding -- We are the 99% : contemporary consumer activism -- We are not a mascot : campaigns for social/economic justice -- 600,000 bosses telling me what to do : campaigns for the...

To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on voting decisions in public referenda. To this end, we provide the first quantitative review of the literature and a case study of the Stuttgart 21 referendum on one of the...

This book is devoted to applying the data, methods, and theories of contemporary social science to the question of how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life that citizens experience. Benjamin Radcliff seeks to provide an objective answer to the perennial debate...