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Subject(s)

• Campaign funds—United States [Browse]

Related name

• Fine, Janice (Janice Ruth) [Browse]
• Miller, Ellen S. [Browse]
• Cohen, Joshua, 1951- [Browse]
• Rogers, Joel, 1952- [Browse]

Series

New democracy forum. [More in this series]

Summary note

Now let us use our heads and deal appropriately, as they say in Washington, with a corporate ruling class that has hijacked the nation, and in so doing eliminate at least one glaring contradiction: that ours is a government of, by, and for the many when it is so notoriously the exclusive preserve of the few. --Gore Vidal, from the Foreword In recent years, many voters have wondered whose voices are actually heard by our elected representatives. As the cost of running competitive political campaigns escalates and politicians appeal increasingly to wealthy interests to finance election bids, voters in many states have passed, or are primed to vote on, campaign finance initiatives. In Are Elections for Sale? , David Donnelly, Janice Fine, and Ellen S. Miller argue that only full public funding of campaigns can ensure democratic elections, and they review the successes some states have had with the Clean Elections Act. The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns.

Notes

Originally published as: Money and politics : financing our elections democratically. c1999.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Language note

English

Contents

• Intro
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• GOING PUBLIC
• MODEST REFORM?
• EMPOWER CITIZENS
• SETTING LIMITS
• CLEAN AND CONSTITUTIONAL
• LABOR'S ROLE
• THE PATRIOT OPTION
• A PLEA FOR REALISM
• A ROLE FOR PARTIES
• REPLY
• NOTES.

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ISBN

0-8070-4325-7

OCLC

• 559265569
• 922967905

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