Robert K Goidel, Donald A Gross, Todd G Shields

Money Matters

Consequences of Campaign Finance Reform in House Elections

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Produktbeschreibung

Methods of campaign financing have been controversial since George Washington first ran for office, and debates over campaign finance reform have raged just as long. Contemporary critics of reform often contend that it would decrease electoral competition, voter turnout, and the amount of information voters receive about candidates. Money Matters subjects these criticisms to careful, systemic analysis-using simulations, aggregate vote analyses, and individual-level data analyses based on House elections-and concludes that reform, with modest public subsidies and spending limits, would enhance rather than diminish the U.S. system of democratic governance. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780847688685
• ISBN-10: 0847688682
• Artikelnr.: 21061294

Autorenporträt

By Robert K. Goidel; Donald A. Gross and Todd G. Shields

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introducing Campaign Finance Reform Chapter 2 A Brief History of
Campaign Finance and Campaign Finance Reform Chapter 3 Excessive Spending,
Candidate Viability, and Free Speech Chapter 4 Electoral Competition and
Campaign Finance Reform Chapter 5 The Question of Voter Turnout, Part I
Chapter 6 The Question of Voter Turnout, Part II Chapter 7 Democracy and
Citizen Involvement: Campaign Spending and Cognitive Engagement Chapter 8
FECA's Loopholes: Soft Money, Independent Expenditures, and Issue Advocacy
Campaigns Chapter 9 Improving the Electoral Process through Campaign
Finance Reform