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Public Interest

Nov. 4, 2000

Political Cancer

The initiative process eviscerates representative government.

DEMOCRACY DERAILED: INITIATIVE CAMPAIGNS AND THE POWER OF MONEY
By David S. Broder
Harcourt, $23.00 (Hardcover), 260 pages

        By Richard M. Mosk

        David Broder, the highly regarded columnist for The Washington Post, writes about what he refers to as "a new form of government" that "is spreading ...

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