Money For Votes
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Money For Votes
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Author : Eric Kramon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Money For Votes written by Eric Kramon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Elections categories.
Politicians distribute money to voters during campaigns in many low-income democracies. Many observers call this practice 'vote buying'. Money for Votes develops an alternative theory of electoral clientelism that emphasizes the role of monetary handouts in conveying information to voters, helping politicians enhance the credibility of their promises to deliver development resources and particularistic benefits to their constituents. Supported by interviews, experiments, and surveys in Kenya, and additional evidence from qualitative and survey data from elsewhere in Africa, the study tests the implications of this argument, and traces the consequences of electoral clientelism for voter behaviour, ethnic politics, public goods provision, and democratic accountability. Ultimately, the book suggests that the relationship of electoral clientelism to the quality of democracy is far more nuanced than our instincts might suggest.
Money And Votes
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Author : R. J. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-03
Money And Votes written by R. J. Johnston and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-03 with Social Science categories.
Is the election result in a constituency affected by the amount of campaign spending there? This book, originally published in 1987 was the first major study of this important question. Based on extensive original research, it addresses two main issues: the impact of constituency campaign spending on election results in Britain: and the question of how that impact changes with the level of spending. The author develops a framework for analysing spending and its impact based upon American analyses of campaign expenditures, and focusses on general election results from 1950-83. Consideration is also given to minor parties and to both local and European elections.
Money For Votes
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Author : Eric Kramon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-02
Money For Votes written by Eric Kramon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-02 with Political Science categories.
This book explains why vote buying is common in low-income democracies in Africa, and examines its consequences for democratic accountability.
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
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Author : Greg Palast
language : en
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Release Date : 2016-10-04
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy written by Greg Palast and has been published by Seven Stories Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Political Science categories.
A close presidential election in November could well come down to contested states or even districts--an election decided by vote theft? It could happen this year. Based on Greg Palast and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s investigative reporting for Rolling Stone and BBC television plus new reporting by Palast for the new edition—a portion of which will be a Rolling Stone cover story, covered in major progressive media outlets which will include radio, television, and webcasts, and featured on listservs from important civil rights and activist organisations—The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits will be the most important book published this year—one that could save the election. The documentary film of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is available on DVD from CinemaLibre Studio.
Dollars And Votes
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Author : Dan Clawson
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1998
Dollars And Votes written by Dan Clawson and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
Recent scandals, including questionable fund-raising tactics by the current administration, have brought campaign finance reform into the forefront of the news and the public consciousness. Dollars and Votes goes beyond the partial, often misleading, news stories and official records to explain how our campaign system operates. The authors conducted thorough interviews with corporate "government relations" officials about what they do and why they do it. The results provide some of the most damning evidence imaginable. What donors, especially business donors, expect for their money is "access" and access means a lot more than a chance to meet and talk. They count on secret behind-the-scenes deals, like a tax provision that applies only to a "corporation incorporated on June 13, 1917, which has its principal place of business in Bartlesville, Oklahoma." After a deal is worked out behind closed doors, one executive explains, "it doesn't much matter how people vote afterwards." Ordinary contributions give access to Congress; megabuck "soft money" contributions ensure access to the President and top leaders. The striking truth revealed by these authors is that half the soft money comes from fewer than five hundred big donors, and that most contributions come, directly or indirectly, from business. Reform is possible, they argue, by turning away from the temptation of looking at specific scandals and developing a new system that removes the influence of big money campaign contributors. Author note: Dan Clawson, Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of Bureaucracy and the Labor Process and past editor of Contemporary Sociology. Alan Neustadtl, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, is the co-author (with Dan Clawson and Denise Scott) of Money Talks: Corporate PACs and Political Infuence. Mark Weller teaches sociology at San Jose State.
Your Money Your Vote
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Your Money Your Vote written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Money categories.
Money Media And The Grass Roots
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Author : Betty H. Zisk
language : en
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Release Date : 1987
Money Media And The Grass Roots written by Betty H. Zisk and has been published by Sage Publications, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Political Science categories.
Elections have only recently been studied as public referenda on major policy issues. Money Media and Grass Roots is a major analysis of state ballot questions, and the issues that surround them. It provides information on campaign spending, the effectiveness of different media strategies, and the myths and realities of consequent voter behaviour. The conclusions have enormous implications for the shaping of policy by public vote.
Funding Democratization
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Author : Peter J. Burnell
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1998
Funding Democratization written by Peter J. Burnell and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Campaign funds categories.
Comprises 11 contributions exploring issues in the political finances of emerging democracies. The contributors look at funding issues in Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and the regions of east Asia and east-central Europe. Several contributors also explore what can be learned from the history of political finance in the established democracies of western Europe and North America. Of interest to students of political parties, electoral politics and democratization studies, as well as researchers and specialist observers of the countries and systems covered. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Money And Votes
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Author : Martin Linton
language : en
Publisher: Institute for Public Policy Research
Release Date : 1994
Money And Votes written by Martin Linton and has been published by Institute for Public Policy Research this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Political Science categories.
Voting With Dollars
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Author : Bruce Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-01
Voting With Dollars written by Bruce Ackerman and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with Political Science categories.
divdivIn this provocative book, two leading law professors challenge the existing campaign reform agenda and present a new initiative that avoids the mistakes of the past. Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres build on the example of the secret ballot and propose a system of “secret donation booths” for campaign contributions. They unveil a plan in which the government provides each voter with a special credit card account containing fifty “Patriot dollars” for presidential elections. To use this money, citizens go to their local ATM machine and anonymously send their Patriot dollars to their favorite candidates or political organizations. Americans are free to make additional contributions, but they must also give these gifts anonymously. Because candidates cannot identify who provided the funds, it will be much harder for big contributors to buy political influence. And the need for politicians to compete for the Patriot dollars will give much more power to the people. Ackerman and Ayres work out the operating details of their plan, anticipate problems, design safeguards, suggest overseers, and show how their proposals satisfy the most stringent constitutional requirements. They conclude with a model statute that could serve as the basis of a serious congressional effort to restore Americans’ faith in democratic politics./DIV/DIV