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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791030803321

Autore

Mutch Robert E.

Titolo

Buying the vote : a history of campaign finance reform / / Robert E. Mutch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford, University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-934002-1

0-19-934001-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Classificazione

POL010000HIS036070LAW060000

Disciplina

324.7/80973

Soggetti

Campaign funds - United States - History

Campaign funds - Law and legislation - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Buying the Vote; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 From Plutocrats to Populists: 1884-1900; 2 The 1904 Election and the First Scandals: 1904-1907; 3 The Beginning of Reform: 1905-1907; 4 The Triumph of Reform: 1908-1911; 5 Big Business Money Remains Dominant: 1912-1928; 6 Organized Labor Becomes Active: 1932-1948; 7 The Revival of Reform: 1952-1972; 8 From Buckley to Austin: 1976-1990; 9 From Reform to Reaction: Since 1996; Conclusion; Appendix Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 Campaign Contributors; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform analyzes the rise and decline of campaign finance reform by tracking changes in the funding of presidential campaigns and changes in the debate over reforming fundraising practices. An examination of Supreme Court decisions shows how the Court has fashioned a profoundly inegalitarian redefinition of American democracy.