Economic Realities of Political Reform - Elections and the Us Senate

Zusammenfassung The central political issue in American politics during the 1990s is the need for political campaign reform. Regens and Gaddie argue that spending limits! contribution limits! and public financing proposals will not necessarily have the impact expected by advocates. The final fate of reform rests with self-interested incumbents who will design reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Ronald Keith Gaddie, James L. Regens, James L. (Tulane University Regens, James L. Gaddie Regens
• Assisted by: Richard F. Teichgraeber (Editor), Richard F. III Teichgraeber (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521023511
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02351-1
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Murphy Institute Studies in Po
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education