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Campaign Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert E. MutchSeries:What Everyone Needs to Know (Paperback)Publish date:08/01/16Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:OUP UsISBN-13:9780190274689ISBN-10:190274689UPC:9780190274689Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political Process, American Government, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Campaigns & Elections, National, DemocracySize:8.25 x 5.45 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCPKKD2QMA
In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families. The 100 biggest donors gave as much as 2 million small donors combined. Can we still say we live in a democracy if a few hundred rich families provide a disproportionate shares of campaign funds? Congress and the courts are divided on that question, with conservatives saying yes and liberals saying no. The debate is about the most fundamental of political questions: how we define democracy and how we want our democracy to work.

The debate may ultimately be about political theory, but in practice it is conducted in terms of laws, regulations, and court decisions about super PACs, 527s, 501(c)(4)s, dark money, small donors, public funding, corporate contributions, the Federal Election Commission, and the IRS. Campaign Finance: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) explains those laws, regulations, and Supreme Court decisions, from Buckley v. Valeo to Citizens United, asking how they fit into the larger discussion about how we want our democracy to work.
Language:EnglishPublisher:OUP UsISBN-13:9780190274689ISBN-10:190274689UPC:9780190274689Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political Process, American Government, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Campaigns & Elections, National, DemocracySize:8.25 x 5.45 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCPKKD2QMA
Robert E. Mutch is the author of Campaigns, Congress, and Courts: The Making of Federal Campaign Finance Law and Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform.
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