LEADER 03719cam a2200505 i 4500001 99131324942206421 005 20250227030748.0 008 240319t20242024miud bd 001 0 eng^^ 010 2024008367 019 1402810682 020 9780472076888 020 0472076884 020 9780472056880 |q(paperback) 020 0472056883 020 |z9780472904532 |q(ebook other) 035 (OCoLC)on1402812065 040 MiU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 JK1991 |b.D97 2024 082 00 324.7/80973 |223/eng/20240402 100 1 Dwyre, Diana, |eauthor. 245 14 The fundamentals of campaign finance in the U.S. : |bwhy we have the system we have / |cDiana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny. 264 1 Ann Arbor [Michigan] : |bUniversity of Michigan Press, |c2024. 264 4 |c©2024 300 xvii, 373 pages : |bcharts ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-357) and index. 520 3 Before the U.S. campaign finance system can be fixed, we first have to understand why it has developed into the system we have. The nature of democracy itself, the American capitalist economic system, the content of the U.S. Constitution and how it is interpreted, the structure of our governmental institutions, the competition for governmental power, and the behavior of campaign finance actors have all played a role in shaping the system. The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance in the U.S. takes care to situate the campaign finance system in the context of the broader U.S. political and economic system. Dwyre and Kolodny offer readers a brief tour through the development of the campaign finance regulatory structure, highlighting the Supreme Court's commitment to free speech over political equality from Buckley v. Valeo (1976) through the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA, 2002). They also examine the driving force behind campaign finance reform-corruption-through historical, transactional, and institutional perspectives. While diving into the insufficiency of the disclosure and enforcement of campaign finance laws and calling attention to multiple federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, and (principally) the Federal Election Commission, the authors show how a narrow view on campaign finance makes change difficult and why reforms often have limited success. By examining the fundamentals, Dwyre and Kolodny show the difficulties of changing a political system whose candidates have always relied on private funding of campaigns to one that guarantees free speech rights while minimizing concerns of corruption. 650 0 Campaign funds |zUnited States |xHistory. 650 0 Campaign funds |xLaw and legislation |zUnited States. 650 0 Elections |zUnited States |y21st century. 700 1 Kolodny, Robin, |d1964- |eauthor |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxKrRhvGpFw9dytBYGyMK 710 2 Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), |epublisher. 776 08 |iOnline version:Dwyre, Diana. |tFundamentals of campaign finance in the U.S. |dAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024 |z9780472904532 |w(DLC) 2024008368 902 010005061 |wcopy |120250218092839.0 910 |cD0701mon |d3110-10 |gYBP 914 (OCoLC)on1402812065 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20250226 |eprocessed |f1402812065 960 |o1 |zUSD 961 |fJDD |m311010 |nCloth 980 20524812 |i95.00 982 |cf 984 20241209 |b090608 |cYBP-US