Daron R. Shaw is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include public opinion and voting behavior, elections and campaigns, political parties, and survey research methodology. He is author of The Race to 270, co-author of Unconventional Wisdom, and co-author of The Turnout Myth. His work includes articles in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, Political Communication and Election Law Journal.Brian E. Roberts is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in applied American politics. His interests include corporate political behavior and, more generally, campaign finance. His work includes articles in American Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Election Law Journal. Mijeong Baek is currently a senior researcher at the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles. Her research interests include public opinion, election campaigns, and American foreign policy.

This masterful treatise is a highly engaging and lucid analysis of Supreme Court jurisprudence on money in politics. Shaw, Roberts and Baek are first-rate scholars and communicators. They pinpoint key assertions about political behavior underlying Court opinions, then put these claims to the test in a series of empirical chapters. This logical and even-handed approach is a refreshing reprieve from the usual demagoguery that dominates the policy debate over campaign financing. The result is a compelling civics lesson not just for students of American government, but for any citizen concerned about the influence of money in politics.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: The Appearance of Corruption: An IntroductionChapter 2: What Do Americans Know about Campaign Finance?Chapter 3: Gauging (Perceived) CorruptionChapter 4: Perceived Corruption and Trust in GovernmentChapter 5: Perceived Corruption and Political ParticipationChapter 6: Campaign Contributions and Partisan Vote ChoiceChapter 7: Campaign Finance Reform and the Court in a Post-Citizens United World?References

Daron R. Shaw is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include public opinion and voting behavior, elections and campaigns, political parties, and survey research methodology. He is author of The Race to 270, co-author of Unconventional Wisdom, and co-author of The Turnout Myth. His work includes articles in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, Political Communication and Election Law Journal.Brian E. Roberts is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in applied American politics. His interests include corporate political behavior and, more generally, campaign finance. His work includes articles in American Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Election Law Journal. Mijeong Baek is currently a senior researcher at the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles. Her research interests include public opinion, election campaigns, and American foreign policy.

This masterful treatise is a highly engaging and lucid analysis of Supreme Court jurisprudence on money in politics. Shaw, Roberts and Baek are first-rate scholars and communicators. They pinpoint key assertions about political behavior underlying Court opinions, then put these claims to the test in a series of empirical chapters. This logical and even-handed approach is a refreshing reprieve from the usual demagoguery that dominates the policy debate over campaign financing. The result is a compelling civics lesson not just for students of American government, but for any citizen concerned about the influence of money in politics.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: The Appearance of Corruption: An IntroductionChapter 2: What Do Americans Know about Campaign Finance?Chapter 3: Gauging (Perceived) CorruptionChapter 4: Perceived Corruption and Trust in GovernmentChapter 5: Perceived Corruption and Political ParticipationChapter 6: Campaign Contributions and Partisan Vote ChoiceChapter 7: Campaign Finance Reform and the Court in a Post-Citizens United World?References

Daron R. Shaw is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include public opinion and voting behavior, elections and campaigns, political parties, and survey research methodology. He is author of The Race to 270, co-author of Unconventional Wisdom, and co-author of The Turnout Myth. His work includes articles in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, Political Communication and Election Law Journal.Brian E. Roberts is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in applied American politics. His interests include corporate political behavior and, more generally, campaign finance. His work includes articles in American Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Election Law Journal. Mijeong Baek is currently a senior researcher at the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles. Her research interests include public opinion, election campaigns, and American foreign policy.

This masterful treatise is a highly engaging and lucid analysis of Supreme Court jurisprudence on money in politics. Shaw, Roberts and Baek are first-rate scholars and communicators. They pinpoint key assertions about political behavior underlying Court opinions, then put these claims to the test in a series of empirical chapters. This logical and even-handed approach is a refreshing reprieve from the usual demagoguery that dominates the policy debate over campaign financing. The result is a compelling civics lesson not just for students of American government, but for any citizen concerned about the influence of money in politics.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1: The Appearance of Corruption: An IntroductionChapter 2: What Do Americans Know about Campaign Finance?Chapter 3: Gauging (Perceived) CorruptionChapter 4: Perceived Corruption and Trust in GovernmentChapter 5: Perceived Corruption and Political ParticipationChapter 6: Campaign Contributions and Partisan Vote ChoiceChapter 7: Campaign Finance Reform and the Court in a Post-Citizens United World?References