Choices and changes : interest groups in the electoral process / Michael M. Franz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franz, Michael M., 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political campaigns--United States.

Political campaigns.

Political campaigns--Law and legislation--United States.

Campaign funds--United States.

Campaign funds.

Pressure groups--United States.

Pressure groups.

Advertising, Political--United States.

Advertising, Political.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Choices and Changes is the most comprehensive examination to date of the impact of interest groups on recent American electoral politics. Richly informed, theoretically and empirically, it is the first book to explain the emergence of aggressive interest group electioneering tactics in the mid-1990s-including "soft money" contributions, issue ads, and "527s" (IRS-classified political organizations). Michael Franz argues that changing political and legal contexts have clearly influenced the behavior of interest groups. To support his argument, he tracks in detail the evolu

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Puzzle of Interest Group Electioneering; Chapter 2 Election Law and Electoral Politics Between FECA and BCRA; Chapter 3 A Theory of Emergent and Changing Interest Group Tactics; Chapter 4 Putting PACs in (Political) Context(s); Chapter 5 Understanding Soft Money; Chapter 6 Following 527s and Watching Issue Advocacy; Chapter 7 Tracking the Regulatory Context; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Appendix PAC Ideology Measure; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611383107

9786611879006

9781281383105

1281383104

9781281879004

1281879002

9781592136759

1592136753

OCLC:

476156699