J H Snider
Biographic Data
| ID | 6542838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J H Snider |
| GIVEN NAMES | J H |
| FAMILY NAME | Snider |
| SIGNATURE | SNIDER J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5460-3972 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Does the World Really Belong to the Living? The Decline of the Constitutional Convention in New York and Other US States, 1776–2015
In the preamble to the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that people have an “unalienable” right “to alter” their government. A total of 37 US states would eventually include in their state constitutions a similar provision promising the people the right at all times to alter or reform their government. Jefferson would later also argue that people should have a right to alter their constitution at periodic intervals. Eventual…
Would You Ask Turkeys to Mandate Thanksgiving? The Dismal Politics of Legislative Transparency
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents legislators from infringing on the freedom of the press. But, of necessity, legislators have been granted monopoly control of legislative information systems, including parliamentary procedure and roll call votes. New information technology is revolutionizing the economics of legislative information systems. But elected officials have a conflict of interest in using those new technologies to e…
Designing Deliberative Democracy
Crackpot or Genius? Canada Steps onto the World Stage as a Democratic Innovator
Concluding remarks by J.H. Snider, a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government and President of iSolon.org, delivered to Harvard University Canada Program’s Conference on Comparing the Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States: Defining, Measuring, and Fixing, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 10, 2008. The remarks divide the substance of the conference into three categories: Democratic Deficits, Reforms to Fix the Democratic Deficits, and …
From Dahl to O’Leary
A review of Kevin O’Leary’s book, Saving Democracy: A Plan for Real Representation in America
Local TV News Archives as a Public Good
It is well established that political information shares the characteristics of a public good (Downs 1957; Popkin 1991). People won’t acquire the socially optimal amount of political information because they can’t reap the full benefit of their investment. Recognizing that a well-informed populace is essential to a healthy democracy, the government grants major media substantial public sub-sidies and special legal protections (Cook 1998). In retu…
Converging Mass Media and Public Records Media
Cet article se penche sur le rapprochement d'un reseau de television d'acces gouvernemental aux Etats-Unis et d'Internet. L'avantage de cette convergence reside dans le fait qu'elle permet de combiner les possibilites des mass medias avec celles des technologies d'enregistrement et d'interaction
Does the World Really Belong to the Living? The Decline of the Constitutional Convention in New York and Other US States, 1776–2015
In the preamble to the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that people have an “unalienable” right “to alter” their government. A total of 37 US states would eventually include in their state constitutions a similar provision promising the people the right at all times to alter or reform their government. Jefferson would later also argue that people should have a right to alter their constitution at periodic intervals. Eventual…
Would You Ask Turkeys to Mandate Thanksgiving? The Dismal Politics of Legislative Transparency
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents legislators from infringing on the freedom of the press. But, of necessity, legislators have been granted monopoly control of legislative information systems, including parliamentary procedure and roll call votes. New information technology is revolutionizing the economics of legislative information systems. But elected officials have a conflict of interest in using those new technologies to e…
Converging Mass Media and Public Records Media
Cet article se penche sur le rapprochement d'un reseau de television d'acces gouvernemental aux Etats-Unis et d'Internet. L'avantage de cette convergence reside dans le fait qu'elle permet de combiner les possibilites des mass medias avec celles des technologies d'enregistrement et d'interaction
Local TV News Archives as a Public Good
It is well established that political information shares the characteristics of a public good (Downs 1957; Popkin 1991). People won’t acquire the socially optimal amount of political information because they can’t reap the full benefit of their investment. Recognizing that a well-informed populace is essential to a healthy democracy, the government grants major media substantial public sub-sidies and special legal protections (Cook 1998). In retu…
From Dahl to O’Leary
A review of Kevin O’Leary’s book, Saving Democracy: A Plan for Real Representation in America
Designing Deliberative Democracy
Crackpot or Genius? Canada Steps onto the World Stage as a Democratic Innovator
Concluding remarks by J.H. Snider, a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government and President of iSolon.org, delivered to Harvard University Canada Program’s Conference on Comparing the Democratic Deficit in Canada and the United States: Defining, Measuring, and Fixing, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 10, 2008. The remarks divide the substance of the conference into three categories: Democratic Deficits, Reforms to Fix the Democratic Deficits, and …
Would You Ask Turkeys to Mandate Thanksgiving? The Dismal Politics of Legislative Transparency
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents legislators from infringing on the freedom of the press. But, of necessity, legislators have been granted monopoly control of legislative information systems, including parliamentary procedure and roll call votes. New information technology is revolutionizing the economics of legislative information systems. But elected officials have a conflict of interest in using those new technologies to e…
Does the World Really Belong to the Living? The Decline of the Constitutional Convention in New York and Other US States, 1776–2015
In the preamble to the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that people have an “unalienable” right “to alter” their government. A total of 37 US states would eventually include in their state constitutions a similar provision promising the people the right at all times to alter or reform their government. Jefferson would later also argue that people should have a right to alter their constitution at periodic intervals. Eventual…
Political science (7 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)