Buying the vote a history of campaign finance reform
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2014
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 363 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199340002 (hardcover) 0199340005 (hardcover) |