When the People Decide

When the People Decide

Por: Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy
When the People Decide, a podcast from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, explores the promise — and sometimes peril — that ballot initiatives have brought to American democracy by telling the stories of people who have organized initiative campaigns across the country.

America’s founders were famously skeptical of direct democracy, citing fears of mob rule if people had too much power. Since then, however, the initiative and referendum process has emerged as one way that citizens in some states can vote directly on policy and join forces to bring issues they care about directly to their fellow voters.

When the People Decide is hosted and reported by Jenna Spinelle and produced by LWC Studios for the McCourtney Institute.
21 episodios disponibles

Latest episodes of the podcast When the People Decide

Top of Mind: Is government transparency essential in a democracy? 06/05/2024
Local News Matters: Public policy as a tool to support local news 26/09/2023
Taking a civic leap of faith 21/08/2023
From news deserts to civic media 14/08/2023
Winning the democracy lottery 07/08/2023
Libraries as civic spaces 31/07/2023
Putting money and power in the people's hands 24/07/2023
Peeling back the curtain on local government 17/07/2023
Season 2 coming soon! 03/07/2023
Equal rights, not special rights: A follow up 29/08/2022
Introducing: Democracy Decoded 15/08/2022
Ballot initiatives in 2022 and beyond 08/08/2022
For the many or the few? 01/08/2022
The war on the initiative 25/07/2022
The invisible third party of reform 18/07/2022
A matter of life and death 11/07/2022
Bastard Nation finds its voice 04/07/2022
Equal rights, not special rights 27/06/2022
America, fast forward 20/06/2022
What happens when the people decide? 13/06/2022
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