Political Giving : : Making Sense of Individual Campaign Contributions / / Bertram N. Johnson.
Why do some 30 million people in the United States give money to political candidates and causes—even though most individual contributions are irrational from the perspective of a strict cost-benefit analysis? How do campaign fundraisers tap into potential donors' motivations? Exploring three d...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Puzzle of Individual Giving
- 2. Competing Theories of Individual Participation
- 3. The History of U.S. Campaign Finance
- 4. How Modern Campaigns Appeal to Individual Contributors
- 5. How Members of Congress Build Their Fundraising Coalitions
- 6. What Survey Data Tells Us About Contributors
- 7. Why Do People Give?
- 8. Whither the Campaign Finance System?
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book