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Specialty in Political Parties and Interest Groups

The Specialty in Political Parties and Interest Groups is one of our most popular fields

Faculty: Paul Allen Beck, Gregory Caldeira, Corrine McConnaughy, David Paul, Craig Volden, Alan Wiseman and John R. Wright.

Recent Placements:

• Hartwick College
• Iowa State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Recent Doctoral Dissertations:

"Grassroots Activism and Party Politics: The Christian Right in State Republican Parties"

"Party Behavior: The Response of American Political Parties to Racial, Religious, and Ethnic Groups"

"The Party in Principle: Issues and Ideals of the Democratic and Republican Parties"

"Now How Much Would You Pay? PAC Contributions, Timing, and Theories of Access"

"Sprouting at the Grassroots: Organized Labor's Political Mobilization and Member's Political Activism"

"Coalition Formation among Organized Interests"