The Fallacy of Campaign Finance ReformUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 328 páginas At first glance, campaign finance reform looks like a good idea. McCain-Feingold, for instance, regulates campaigns by prohibiting national political parties from accepting soft money contributions from corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals. But are such measures, or any of the numerous and similarly restrictive proposals that have circulated through Washington in recent years, really good for our democracy? |
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... campaign finance laws have unexpected consequences. No doubt they do in some cases. I try in this book, however, to identify the sys- tematic factors affecting campaign finance regulation. Unexpected conse- quences are, by definition ...
... Campaign Reform Act of 2002.1 Because the House of Represen- tatives had already passed it, the bill needed only President George W. Bush's signature to become law. Despite his past promises to the contrary and urgent pleas from leaders ...
... political visions that have marked the development of the United States as a na- tion.31 The effort to restrict and “reform” campaign finance reflects one part of American political culture, the Progressive vision of politics and its ...
... political power. Particular. Interests. Campaign finance laws regulate and restrict the use of money in elections and in politics. They therefore affect the outcomes of elections. This sug- gests that campaign finance laws, like other ...
... campaign fi- nance regulation — responded to certain threats to the Democratic major- ity that then controlled Congress . That said , we should keep in mind that campaign finance law seeks partisan ( and not simply Democratic ) purposes ...
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