We study the formation of government policy in democracies when turnout depends on party activists and campaign …

This paper presents a model of party coalition formation between policy- motivated activists and office … equilibrium inside coalitions. Results show that, in equilibrium, op- portunists and activists have the same marginal rate of … substitution between policy position and activists'contribution. An asymmetric worsening of one party's valence leads to divergence …

This paper examines the role of policy entrepreneurs and global activists in shaping the international market for … the policy entrepreneurs and activists who promoted the creation of a universal access to treatment regime—of the …