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Limits and loopholes : the quest for money, free speech, and fair elections / Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, Diana Dwyre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farrar-Myers, Victoria A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Campaign funds--United States.
- Campaign funds.
- Elections--United States.
- Elections.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 190 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2008.
- Summary:
- From the authors of Legislative Labyrinth: Congress and Campaign Finance Reform. Elections, the basic mechanism of representative democracy, should be untainted by corruption and provide a platform for free speech. But running for office takes money--a lot of it, usually--which means campaign finance has become a pitched battle over the fundamental political values of free speech versus fair elections. With insiders' perspectives, Farrar-Myers and Dwyre tell the story of what it took to pass campaign finance legislation, provide analysis of the subsequent court action, and explore the regulatory and electoral outcomes of reform efforts. Limits and Loopholes is a story about incremental policymaking and inter-branch struggle, about institutional design and unintended consequences, about the influence of interest groups and the media, and about the health of our representative democracy. Bringing together discussions of core values and the policymaking process, this book serves as an excellent case study that traces an issue from inception, through legislation and litigation, and finally to implementation.
- Contents:
- Competing values and the high stakes of campaign finance reform
- Campaign finance reform in the 105th Congress: a tale of unorthodox policymaking
- Clearing a pathway through the labyrinth: passing campaign finance legislation
- From the halls of Congress to the Supreme Court: the impact of judicial interpretation on public policy
- Through the regulatory wringer: the Federal Election Commission takes on BCRA
- Elections in a post-BCRA World
- Values, choices, and consequences.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87289-329-4
- 1-4833-4522-X
- 1-4833-7119-0
- 9781483345222
- OCLC:
- 875379437
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