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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... Vision of Politics 17 chapter 2. The Progressive Vision of Politics 42 II. Four Illusions 81 chapter 3. The Corruption of Representation 83 chapter 4. Political Culture 107 chapter 5. Equality 130 chapter 6. Electoral Competition 165 ...
... vision of politics, and I seek to both expound and vindicate those ideals. The reader may conclude that my story is incomplete. Experts often note that campaign finance laws have unexpected consequences. No doubt they do in some cases ...
... 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 ...
... vision of politics says that economic elites—variously defined as “Big Money,” “the rich,” or “corporate America”—compose a particular interest that corrupts American government, thereby preventing a redistribution of wealth that would ...
John Samples. opposition. In the politics of campaign finance, like most politics, interests are fundamental, but ideals shape what individuals find to be in their in- terest, if only for reasons ... vision of politics. I money and speech 13.
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