The Economic Realities of Political Reform: Elections and the Us Senate

ISBN-13: 9780521474689 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 134 str.

James L. Regens; Richard F. Teichgraeber III; Ronald Keith Gaddie

Opis

The central political issue in American politics during the 1990s is the need for political campaign reform. The authors examine the United States Senate elections to determine the potential impact of several electoral reform proposals. They conclude that spending limits, contribution limits, and public financing proposals will not necessarily have the impact expected by advocates. The final fate of reform resides with self-interested incumbents who will design reform.

Recenzje

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Spis treści

List of tables and figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Senate in transition and campaign finance; 2. Early money and profit-taking in Senate campaigns; 3. Targeting rent-provision by major interests; 4. Sitting in the cheap seats?; 5. Implications for campaign finance reform; 6. The future and the rent-seeking legislature; Notes; Bibliography; Index.