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Reform Studies: Political Science on the Firing Line

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2007

Bruce E. Cain
Bruce E. Cain
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley and University of California Washington Center
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Political science has a long tradition of research into topics such as campaign finance and redistricting, but these separate efforts have only recently merged into something resembling a recognizable sub-field of political reform. One impetus for this new-found coherence has been the emergence of recent reform concerns regarding such matters as U.S. election administration, primary election procedures, conflict of interest situations, ballot restrictions on minor party candidates, and the need for transparency. The addition of the new on top of the still-unresolved, ongoing problems has yielded plenty of grist for the political science mill.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 635 - 638
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© 2007 The American Political Science Association

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