investment theory of politics

treats elections as contests among blocs of investors competing to control the state.

Recast in definition form from: “… to interactions among groups of investors who compete for control …”

lobbying

democracy

money in politics

campaign finance

corporation

oligarchy

elite

10,000 hour theory

action theory

actor-network theory

affect control theory

alliance theory

anxiety of influence

Archimedes' principle

athwart theory

atomic theory

auteur theory

behavioralism

biological determinism

biology-is-destiny formulation

birth order

black swan theory

boomerang thesis

broken window theory

broken windows theory

bundle theory

categories of understanding

causal theory of reference

Chaos Theory

circulation of elites

clash of civilizations

cloacal theory

coercion theory of society

coloniality of power

colonization of the lifeworld

commodity fetishism

commodity theories of money

communicative action

constructivist structuralism

continental drift

control theory

conversion theory of violence

Copenhagen interpretation

correspondence theory of truth

critical pragmatics

critical race theory

critical social theory

critical theory

critical theory of technology

crude casual theory

cultural determinism

cultural theory

anthropological theory

behaviorism

conspiracy theory

investment theory of politics, n.Definitions

investment theory of politics