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Subject(s)

• United States—Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 [Browse]
• Campaign funds—United States [Browse]
• Campaign funds—Law and legislation—United States [Browse]

Summary note

Reformers lament that, with every effort to regulate the sources of campaign funding, candidates creatively circumvent the new legislation. But in fact, political fundraisers don't need to look for loopholes because, as Raymond J. La Raja proves, legislators intentionally design regulations to gain advantage over their partisan rivals. La Raja traces the history of the U.S. campaign finance system from the late nineteenth century through the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002. Then, using the 2004 presidential election as a case study, he compares the ways in which Democrats and Republicans adapted their national fund-raising and campaigning strategies to satisfy BCRA regulations. Drawing upon this wealth of historical and recent evidence, he concludes with recommendations for reforming campaign finance in ways that promote fair competition among candidates and guarantee their accountability to voters. Small Change offers an engaging account of campaign finance reforms' contradictory history; it is a must-read for anyone concerned about influence of money on democratic elections.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Money and politics
• Mugwump reform and the decline of political parties
• A history of federal campaign finance laws
• Explaining campaign finance reform and the BCRA
• Consequences of reform for party fund-raising
• Consequences of reform for party campaigning
• The aftermath of the BCRA.

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ISBN

• 1-282-55609-6
• 9786612556098
• 0-472-02476-0

OCLC

615635625

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