Campaign contributions and legislative voting
a new approach
- ISBN: 9780415949781
- Editorial: FALMER
- Fecha de la edición: 2005
- Lugar de la edición: New York. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 208
- Idiomas: Inglés
Papel: Rústica
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This book studies the current paradox within the voting literature on campaign contributions and legislative voting behavior. Table of Contents: 1 Interest groups and policy making 2 The effects of contributions on the representative process 3 John Doolittle and the California trial lawyers association 4 Bills on which contributions did (and did not) affect critical votes 5 Campaign contributions and critical votes in the governmental organization committee 6 Do committee characteristics matter? 7 Conclusion App. A Methodological appendix App. B Statistical results App. C Questionnaire on committee jurisdictions App. D Questionnaire : identifying "juice" committees in the California State Senate
