A User's Guide to Campaign Finance Reform |
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Editor:
| Lubenow, Gerald C. |
Contribution by:
| Raja, Ray La Ansolabehere, Stephen Gerber, Alan S. Mayer, Kenneth R. Mutch, Robert E. Ornstein, Norman J. Rosenkranz, E. Joshua Wilcox, Clyde Mayer, William G. Snyder, James B. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7425-1795-0 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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In this book, ten prominent political scientists and commentators challenge the conventional wisdom about the role of money in campaigns and elections. They look at the level of campaign spending in recent times, the judicial perspective on spending as a First Amendment right, the current diversity of donors, the media spin on the subject, and the act of contributing as a form of political participation. The inimitable Norm Ornstein wraps it all up with a model reform proposal that is...
More DescriptionIn this book, ten prominent political scientists and commentators challenge the conventional wisdom about the role of money in campaigns and elections. They look at the level of campaign spending in recent times, the judicial perspective on spending as a First Amendment right, the current diversity of donors, the media spin on the subject, and the act of contributing as a form of political participation. The inimitable Norm Ornstein wraps it all up with a model reform proposal that is at once more moderate than McCain-Feingold and yet radical in its own way.