Campaign finance : background, regulation and reform / / Thomas P. Kallen, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Pub., c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.780973
• Soggetto topico: Campaign funds - United States; Campaign funds - Law and legislation - United States
• Altri autori: KallenThomas P
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Campaign Finance: Background, Regulation and Reform""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns: Overview and Analysis""; ""Abstract""; ""Current Issues and Arguments in Brief""; ""Brief Legislative History""; ""How Public Financing Works""; ""Participation Over Time""; ""Financial Status of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund""; ""Analysis of Policy Options for Maintaining Public Financing""; ""Analysis of Policy Options for Curtailing or Eliminating Public Financing""; ""Concluding Comments"" ; ""Appendix. Major Provisions of Bills Proposing to Maintain the Presidential Public Financing Program, 110th Congress""""References""; ""The Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Regulation: Buckley v. Valeo and Its Supreme Court Progeny""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Buckley v. Valeo""; ""Contribution Limits""; ""Expenditure Limits""; ""Disclosure Requirements""; ""Political Party Soft Money and Electioneering Communication Restrictions""; ""Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. FEC (WRTL II)""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Campaign Finance: An Overview""; ""Abstract"" ; ""Evolution of the Current System""""Campaign Finance Practices and Related Issues""; ""Enduring Issues: Campaign Costs and Funding-Sources""; ""Policy Options to Address Campaign Finance Issues""; ""Legislative Action in Congress""; ""Major Legislation in 110th Congress""; ""For Additional Reading""; ""References""; ""Federal Funding of Presidential Nominating Conventions: Overview and Policy Options""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Convention Financing: An Overview""; ""Recent Legislative Activity""; ""Policy Issues and Options""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ; ""Campaign Finance: Legislative Developments and Policy Issues in the 110th Congress""""Abstract""; ""Brief Historical Overview""; ""FEC Nominations and the Commission's Operating Status""; ""Campaign Finance Legislation in the 110th Congress""; ""Other Recent Developments""; ""Conclusion and Analysis""; ""References""; ""Campaign Finance Law and the Constitutionality of the ""Millionaire's Amendment"": An Analysis of Davis v. Federal Election Commission""; ""Abstract""; ""Background""; ""Case History""; ""Supreme Court Ruling""; ""Concluding Observations""; ""References"" ; ""Campaign Finance: Regulating Political Communications on the Internet""""Abstract""; ""Background""; ""FEC Rulemaking""; ""Congressional Activity""; ""References""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Should funding of political campaigns be regulated or just go to the highest bidder or those who can raise the largest amount of funds on the internet or from private sources? This work examines these issues.
• Titolo autorizzato: Campaign finance
• ISBN: 1-60876-624-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955171703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II