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020 $a9780199340002 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
020 $z9780199340026 (ebook)
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050 00 $aJK1991$b.M88 2014
082 00 $a324.7/80973$223
084 $aPOL010000$aHIS036070$aLAW060000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMutch, Robert E.
245 10 $aBuying the vote :$ba history of campaign finance reform /$cRobert E. Mutch.
264 1 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axii, 363 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Campaign finance reform has always been motivated by a definition of democracy that does not count corporations as citizens and holds that self-government works best by reducing political inequality. In the early years of the twentieth century, Congress recognized the strength of these principles by prohibiting corporations from making campaign contributions, passing a disclosure law, and setting limits on campaign expenditures. These reforms were not controversial at the time, but conservative opposition to them appeared in the 1970s. That opposition was well represented in the Supreme Court, which has rolled back reform by granting First Amendment rights to corporations and declaring the goal of reducing political inequality to be unconstitutional. Buying the Vote analyzes the rise and decline of campaign finance reform by tracking changes in the way presidential campaigns have been funded since the late nineteenth century, and changes in the debate over how to reform fundraising practices. A close examination of major Supreme Court decisions shows how the Court has fashioned a new and profoundly inegalitarian redefinition of American democracy"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter One From Plutocrats to Populists: 1884-1900 -- Chapter Two The 1904 Election and the First Scandals: 1904-1907 -- Chapter Three The Beginning of Reform: 1905-1907 -- Chapter Four The Triumph of Reform: 1908-1911 -- Chapter Five Big Business Money Remains Dominant: 1912-1928 -- Chapter Six Organized Labor Becomes Active: 1932-1948 -- Chapter Seven The Revival of Reform: 1952-1972 -- Chapter Eight From Buckley to Austin: 1976-1990 -- Chapter Nine From Reform to Reaction: 1996-Present -- Conclusion -- Appendix Contributors to Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 Campaign -- References -- Index.
650 0 $aCampaign funds$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aCampaign funds$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 21st Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLAW / Legal History.$2bisacsh