Evaluating Campaign Finance Oversight - An Assessment of the Federal Election Commission

As campaign finance laws have weakened in the US, so has the Federal Election Commission's ability to enforce them. The agency is underfunded and often has too few commissioners present, and this has led to a partisan imbalance that has favored the Republicans and allowed them to dominate decision-making.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Federal Election Commission and the Oversight of Campaign Finance
Chapter 2: The Tug of War Over Campaign Finance Law
Chapter 3: Weaponized Bureaucrats: The Administrative (In)Capacity of the Federal Election Commission
Chapter 4: The Crises of Credibility and Leadership at the Federal Election Commission
Chapter 5: The Partisan Co-optation of the Federal Election Commission
Conclusion: Chaos or Coherence?
Appendix
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Karen Denice Sebold

Product details

• Authors: Karen Denice Sebold
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9781666949797
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-979-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, United States of America, USA, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage