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100			_aMarriott, Lisa and Rashbrooke, Max _956783
245			_aMotivations for political donations in Aotearoa New Zealand
260			_aInternational Political Science Review
300			_a46(3), Jun, 2025: p.406-421
520			_aThis research explores motivations for political party donations in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Drawing on interview data from 29 political ‘insiders,’ we utilize McMenamin and Power’s theoretical framework to assess the pragmatic, partisan and social motivations for donations. We extend the original framework beyond business donations, incorporating a broader range of donor and non-donor insights. We observe strong social motivations for donating and a general agreement among political actors that donations provide access to politicians. The theoretical lens is expanded by NZ-specific factors, notably a strong concern for democracy and the potential for adverse impacts from donating. The latter brings negative motivations into the theoretical lens. We offer an amended framework that more closely reflects donation motivations in the NZ environment, which is dominated by a small pool of large donors, close connections between political actors and a desire for adequately funded political parties to enhance democratic outcomes.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01925121241283531
650			_aPolitical party donations, Donation motivations, Pragmatic motivations, partisan motivations, Social motivations _956784
773			_aInternational Political Science Review
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