Money, power & elections : how campaign finance reform subverts American democracy / Rodney A. Smith.

Author
Smith, Rodney A., 1941- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006.
Description
xiv, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Politics@media [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-192).
    Contents
    • The folly of reform
    • The rise and fall of citizen sovereignty
    • Rome : a flawed model
    • Citizen sovereignty : the dearest thing of all
    • The constitution and America's first political campaign
    • American democracy and political parties
    • What is an election, anyway?
    • Political campaigns and money
    • The perceived corruption of money versus the real corruption of power
    • We the sovereigns, not we the subjects
    • The crux of the problem
    • Supreme Court mandates run amok
    • Empirical evidence
    • Freedom of the press
    • Political fund-raising : the current reality
    • The twenty-eighth amendment.
    Other title(s)
    Money, power and elections
    ISBN
    0807131288 (cloth : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2005023906
    OCLC
    61458174
    International Article Number
    • 9780807131282
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