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Money, power & elections : how campaign finance reform subverts American democracy
Title:
Money, power & elections : how campaign finance reform subverts American democracy
Author:
Smith, Rodney A., 1941-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]

©2006
Physical Description:
xiv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
The folly of reform -- The rise and fall of citizen sovereignty -- Rome : a flawed model -- Citizen sovereignty : the dearest thing of all -- The constitution and America's first political campaign -- American democracy and political parties -- What is an election, anyway? -- Political campaigns and money -- The perceived corruption of money versus the real corruption of power -- We the sovereigns, not we the subjects -- The crux of the problem -- Supreme Court mandates run amok -- Empirical evidence -- Freedom of the press -- Political fund-raising : the current reality -- The twenty-eighth amendment.
ISBN:
9780807131282
Format :
Book