Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail

ISBN-13: 9780472052998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 208 str.

Raymond J. La Raja; Brian F. Schaffner

Opis

Efforts to reform the US campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms aimed at cutting the flow of money into politics have unintentionally favoured candidates with extreme ideological agendas and, consequently, fostered political polarization.