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Policy Plutocrats: How America’s Wealthy Seek to Influence Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2016

Kristin A. Goss
Kristin A. Goss*
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Duke University
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Politics Symposium: Why Political Scientists Should Study Organized Philanthropy
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , July 2016 , pp. 442 - 448
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2016 

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