03212nam 2200613 a 450 991096603870332120251117115742.00-8070-4325-7(CKB)1000000000000681(OCoLC)559265569(CaPaEBR)ebrary5001644(SSID)ssj0000105402(PQKBManifestationID)11127956(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105402(PQKBWorkID)10101215(PQKB)11027886(MiAaPQ)EBC3117940(Au-PeEL)EBL3117940(CaPaEBR)ebr5001644(OCoLC)922967905(BIP)8330118(BIP)7108921(EXLCZ)99100000000000068120010226e20011999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAre elections for sale? /David Donnelly, Janice Fine, and Ellen S. Miller ; edited by Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers for Boston review ; [foreword by Gore Vidal]Boston Beacon Pressc20011 online resource (116 p.) New democracy forumOriginally published as: Money and politics : financing our elections democratically. c1999.0-8070-4323-0 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- GOING PUBLIC -- MODEST REFORM? -- EMPOWER CITIZENS -- SETTING LIMITS -- CLEAN AND CONSTITUTIONAL -- LABOR'S ROLE -- THE PATRIOT OPTION -- A PLEA FOR REALISM -- A ROLE FOR PARTIES -- REPLY -- NOTES.Now let us use our heads and deal appropriately, as they say in Washington, with a corporate ruling class that has hijacked the nation, and in so doing eliminate at least one glaring contradiction: that ours is a government of, by, and for the many when it is so notoriously the exclusive preserve of the few. --Gore Vidal, from the Foreword In recent years, many voters have wondered whose voices are actually heard by our elected representatives. As the cost of running competitive political campaigns escalates and politicians appeal increasingly to wealthy interests to finance election bids, voters in many states have passed, or are primed to vote on, campaign finance initiatives. In Are Elections for Sale? , David Donnelly, Janice Fine, and Ellen S. Miller argue that only full public funding of campaigns can ensure democratic elections, and they review the successes some states have had with the Clean Elections Act. The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns.New democracy forum.Campaign fundsUnited StatesCampaign funds324.7/8/0973Donnelly David1867204Fine Janice(Janice Ruth)1867205Miller Ellen S1867206Cohen Joshua1951-863413Rogers Joel1952-863414MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966038703321Are elections for sale4474678UNINA