Political giving : making sense of individual campaign contributions / Bertram N. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Bertram N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds--United States.

Campaign funds.

Elections--United States.

Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations, charts, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, England : FirstForum Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 decades of historical data and also drawing extensively on the insights of contemporary campaign directors and consultants, Bertram Johnson makes sense of why people give and considers what this means for the campaign finance system, and the quality of representation, in the United States.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-416-3

OCLC:

1022791299