Limits and Loopholes

The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections

Victoria A Farrar-Myers author Diana Dwyre author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc

Published:14th Oct '07

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Limits and Loopholes cover

From the authors of Legislative Labyrinth: Congress and Campaign Finance Reform.

Elections, the basic mechanism of representative democracy, should be untainted by corruption and provide a platform for free speech. But running for office takes money—a lot of it, usually—which means campaign finance has become a pitched battle over the fundamental political values of free speech versus fair elections. With insiders′ perspectives, Farrar-Myers and Dwyre tell the story of what it took to pass campaign finance legislation, provide analysis of the subsequent court action, and explore the regulatory and electoral outcomes of reform efforts. Limits and Loopholes is a story about incremental policymaking and inter-branch struggle, about institutional design and unintended consequences, about the influence of interest groups and the media, and about the health of our representative democracy. Bringing together discussions of core values and the policymaking process, this book serves as an excellent case study that traces an issue from inception, through legislation and litigation, and finally to implementation.

ISBN: 9780872893290

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 240g

175 pages