Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting: A New Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415949774 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 224 str.

Stacy B. Gordon

Opis

This book studies the current paradox within the voting literature on campaign contributions and legislative voting behaviour.

Spis treści

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 Appendix A. Methodological Appendix Appendix B. Statistical Results Appendix C. Questionnaire on Committee Jurisdictions Appendix D. Questionnaire. Identifying 'Juice' Committees in the California State Senate

O autorze

Stacey B. Gordon is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.