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Gerber's key finding--that citizen interest groups are more effective in using the initiative to alter the status quo, and that economic groups are more effective at preserving it--is an important amendment to the popular perception that interest groups now control the initiative process. --Bruce E. Cain, University of California, Berkeley The questions raised in The Populist Paradox are fundamental to our understanding of elections and representation and to the roles of citizens, organized interests, and elected officials. The book is well written and extremely well organized. --Frank R. Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State University

The questions raised in The Populist Paradox are fundamental to our understanding of elections and representation and to the roles of citizens, organized interests, and elected officials. The book is well written and extremely well organized. -Frank R. Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State University Gerber's key finding-that citizen interest groups are more effective in using the initiative to alter the status quo, and that economic groups are more effective at preserving it-is an important amendment to the popular perception that interest groups now control the initiative process. -Bruce E. Cain, University of California, Berkeley

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Elisabeth R. Gerber, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, studies the consequences of U.S. election laws on interest representation. She is currently working on a major study of primary election laws in the American states.

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