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Election spending
Title:
Election spending
Author:
Dziedzic, Nancy G.
Publication Information:
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2012]

©2012
Physical Description:
225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary:
This volume explores the topics relating to election spending by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
Language:
English
Contents:
Is election spending influenced by campaign donor disclosure? Lack of disclosure corrupts the political system / Chisun Lee -- Disclosure laws are an invasion of privacy / Bradley A. Smith -- Donation disclosure promotes political engagement and enhances public debate / Paul Blumenthal -- Donor disclosure threatens the privacy and security of small contributors / John R. Lott Jr. ; Bradley A. Smith -- Fully anonymous campaign donations will eliminate political corruption / Marc Geffroy ; R.R. Reno -- Full disclosure of political donors is the best way to prevent corruption / Fred Wertheimer -- How would publicly funded elections change the campaign process? Public election funding enhances the free speech of candidates and voters / Daniel Weeks -- Publicly funded elections infringe on candidates' First Amendment rights / David M. Primo -- Public funding of elections would ensure judicial neutrality / William R. Andersen -- Publicly funded elections would not eliminate judicial bias / Robert A. Levy -- Does campaign finance reform effectively regulate election spending? The DISCLOSE Act is necessary to enforce campaign finance reform / Chris Good -- The DISCLOSE Act is unconstitutional and unfairly burdens corporations / Hans A. von Spakovsky -- The Federal Election Commission hinders campaign finance reform / Jesse Zwick -- The Federal Election Commission already successfully monitors election spending / George F. Will -- The Citizens United decision destroys meaningful campaign finance reform / J. Gerald Hebert ; Tara Malloy -- The effects of the Citizens United decision on campaign finance reform have yet to be determined / Christopher Beam -- Campaign finance reform is still necessary after the Citizens United ruling / Kenneth P. Doyle -- The best approach to campaign finance reform is less regulation / Sean Parnell -- How does the Citizens United decision affect constitutional rights? The First Amendment does not limit the right to free speech to only individual citizens / Floyd Abrams -- The free speech of corporations is not guaranteed under the First Amendment / Supreet Minhas -- Banning corporate campaign contributions is unconstitutional / Glenn Greenwald -- Banning corporate campaign donations protects the free speech of individuals / Ian Millhiser -- The constitutional right to free speech applies to all Americans, including corporations / Amy Schroder -- The Citizens United decision will encourage voters to exercise their First Amendment rights / Ari Berman.
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ISBN:
9780737754346

9780737754353
Format :
Book