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Subject(s)

• Political campaigns—United States [Browse]
• Political campaigns—Law and legislation—United States [Browse]
• Campaign funds—United States [Browse]
• Pressure groups—United States [Browse]
• Advertising, Political—United States [Browse]

Summary note

Choices and Changes is the most comprehensive examination to date of the impact of interest groups on recent American electoral politics. Richly informed, theoretically and empirically, it is the first book to explain the emergence of aggressive interest group electioneering tactics in the mid-1990s-including "soft money" contributions, issue ads, and "527s" (IRS-classified political organizations). Michael Franz argues that changing political and legal contexts have clearly influenced the behavior of interest groups. To support his argument, he tracks in detail the evolu

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Puzzle of Interest Group Electioneering; Chapter 2 Election Law and Electoral Politics Between FECA and BCRA; Chapter 3 A Theory of Emergent and Changing Interest Group Tactics; Chapter 4 Putting PACs in (Political) Context(s); Chapter 5 Understanding Soft Money; Chapter 6 Following 527s and Watching Issue Advocacy; Chapter 7 Tracking the Regulatory Context; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Appendix PAC Ideology Measure; Notes; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 9786611383107
• 9786611879006
• 9781281383105
• 1281383104
• 9781281879004
• 1281879002
• 9781592136759
• 1592136753

OCLC

• 476156699
• 560634919
• 823840085

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