Money in Politics

In Politics Money Is Often The Name Of The Game. Politicians Enrich Themselves While In Office Spend Campaign Money To Finance Their Re-Election And Accept Lucrative ''Golden Parachute'' Jobs After Leaving Office. Money In Politics Argues That These Different Forms Of Capital Are Part Of A Common System And Should Be Analyzed In A Single Framework. The Book Advances A Comparative Theory That Shows How Self-Enrichment Campaign Spending And Golden Parachute Jobs Are Connected To Each Other. This Theory Explains When And How Money Enters Politics Ultimately Illuminating That A Change In One Form Affects The Other Types And Revealing The Consequences This Has For Democracy. The Book Uses A Wide Range Of Evidence From Countries Around The World Including Causally Identified Quantitative Studies Qualitative Cross-National Comparisons And Original Survey Experiments. Enlightening And Instructive This Book Shows That We Can Only Fully Comprehend The Role Of Money In Politics When We View It As A Common System To Be Analyzed And Critiqued.