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Life after reform : when the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act meets politics / edited by Michael J. Malbin.

Van Pelt Library JK1991 .L54 2003
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Malbin, Michael J.
Series:
Campaigning American style
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.
United States.
Campaign funds--United States.
Campaign funds.
Campaign funds--Law and legislation--United States.
Campaign funds--Law and legislation.
Physical Description:
xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
Summary:
Life After Reform is the first serious and dispassionate book about how politics will change under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. It will quickly be seen as an essential tool for understanding the 2004 election. But its sophisticated and original framework for understanding change will also make it important well beyond a specific election, and long after reform debates have shifted to new questions.
Contents:
Part I New Laws and Processes
1 Thinking about Reform / Michael J. Malbin 3
The Immediate Background 4
FECA, Buckley, and BCRA 6
Uncertainties 12
Framework for Analysis 13
2 The Legislative Odyssey of BCRA / Anthony Corrado 21
The Politics of Reform 22
The McCain-Feingold Debate 26
Part II Givers and Spenders
3 BCRA's Impact on Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations / Robert G. Boatright, Michael J. Malbin, Mark J. Rozell, Richard M. Skinner, Clyde Wilcox 43
Broad Brush Strokes 44
Organizational Learning 48
Contributions, Hard and Soft 49
Electioneering 52
4 With Limits Raised, Who Will Give More? The Impact of BCRA on Individual Donors / Clyde Wilcox, Alexandra Cooper, Peter Francia, John C. Green, Paul S. Herrnson, Lynda Powell, Jason Reifler, Benjamin A. Webster 61
The Law: FECA and BCRA 62
The Donor Surveys 64
Significant Donors: An Overview 65
Donor Attitudes toward Campaign Finance Reform 69
Individual Donations under BCRA 71
Who Will Give More? 73
Part III Political Parties
5 National Parties After BCRA / Diana Dwyre, Robin Kolodny 83
What Has Changed?
Resources 84
How Will BCRA Change National Party Activities? 89
6 State Political Parties After BCRA / Raymond J. La Raja 101
Campaigning in the States After BCRA 102
Consequences of BRCA in the States 105
Winning and Losing State Parties under BCRA 106
Decentralization 113
Shifts in Power and Influence 115
7 The Party as an Extended Network: Members Giving to Each Other and to Their Parties / Anne H. Bedlington, Michael J. Malbin 121
A Story 122
More Stories 124
Larger, with New Purpose 125
The Party Committees 133
Part IV Campaigns and Elections
8 The Stagnation of Congressional Elections / James E. Campbell 141
Electoral Stagnation 142
The Increased Incumbency Advantage 143
The Cause of Electoral Stagnation 144
A Theory of Electoral Stagnation 145
The Campaign Spending Advantage of Incumbents 147
The Impact of Campaign Finance Reform 152
9 The "Millionaires' Amendment" / Jennifer A. Steen 159
The Politics of Self-Financing 160
The Direct Impact of the Millionaires' Amendment 162
The Ripples: Strategic Decisions 170
10 The Impact of BCRA on Presidential Campaign Finance / John C. Green, Anthony Corrado 175
The Structure of the Presidential Public Finance System 176
The Presidential System's Problems 180
The Candidates Respond 186
The Impact of BCRA in 2004 189.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
ISBN:
0742528324
0742528332
OCLC:
52057894

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