" Social Science Experiments: A Hands-on Introduction is an accessible textbook for
undergraduates. Its four objectives are to help readers to (1) become perceptive critics of …

Candidates for municipal office collect millions of dollars to fund their campaigns. While
previous research about local fundraising coalitions investigates the role of specific interest …

Concerns about the corrupting influence of money in politics have led to renewed interest in
public campaign financing. Some argue that using public funds to pay for political …

In this article, we examine the extent to which Americans view contributing money to political
campaigns as a civic duty. Using data from an original survey (N= 1,269), we find that …

This study exploits the introduction of a new type of public financing of elections—campaign
finance vouchers—to estimate the effects of neighborhood-level political cross-pressure on …

This article explores tax credits for political party funding in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ).
Participation in the democratic process is low and declining in NZ, as political party …

Political campaigns have long been financed by people with well above average incomes,
but the balance has tilted dramatically since the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens …

The study of political behavior is broad in scope, encompassing both conduct in political
settings and the psychological, sociological, and economic precursors that lead people to …

This thesis is on Donor Support, Electoral Dynamics and Democratisation in South Africa
with particular focus on the Buffalo City Municipality of the Eastern Cape. The main aim of …