BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' Comparative Politics/ International Relations Series presents Simon Weschle\, Assistant Professo r of Political Science at Syracuse University\, speaking on the subject of Money in Politics.In politics\, money is often the name of the game. Poli ticians enrich themselves while in office\, spend campaign money to financ e their re-election\, and accept lucrative "golden parachute" jobs after l eaving office. Money in Politics argues that these different forms of capi tal are part of a common system and should be analyzed in a single framewo rk. The book advances a comparative theory that shows how self-enrichment\ , campaign spending\, and golden parachute jobs are connected to each othe r. This theory explains when and how money enters politics\, ultimately il luminating 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 ev idence from countries around the world\, including causally identified qua ntitative 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 a s a common system to be analyzed and critiqued.Simon Weschle studies democ ratic representation and accountability\, and factors that impede it. His main area of research is the role of money in politics. His book "Money in Politics" was published by Cambridge University Press\, and his articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review\, the American Jour nal of Political Science\, the Journal of Politics\, and the British Journ al of Political Science\, among others. DTEND:20220930T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260414T182330Z DTSTART:20220930T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Money in Politics UID:RFCALITEM639117734102752585 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' C omparative Politics/International Relations Series presents Simon Weschle\ , Assistant Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University\, speaki ng on the subject of Money in Politics.

In politics\, money is often the name of the game. Politicians enrich themselves while in office\, spe nd campaign money to finance their re-election\, and accept lucrative "gol den parachute" jobs after leaving office. Money in Politics argues that th ese different forms of capital are part of a common system and should be a nalyzed 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 ente rs politics\, ultimately illuminating that a change in one form affects th e other types and revealing the consequences this has for democracy. The b ook uses a wide range of evidence from countries around the world\, includ ing causally identified quantitative studies\, qualitative cross-national comparisons\, and original survey experiments. Enlightening and instructiv e\, 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.

Simon Weschle studies democratic representation and accountability\ , and factors that impede it. His main area of research is the role of mon ey in politics. His book "Money in Politics" was published by Cambridge Un iversity Press\, and his articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review\, the American Journal of Political Science\, the Journal o f Politics\, and the British Journal of Political Science\, among others.< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR