Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 304
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Trim: 6¾ x 9½
978-0-7425-3869-6 • Hardback • April 2006 • $136.00 • (£105.00)
978-0-7425-3870-2 • Paperback • March 2006 • $55.00 • (£42.00)
Michael J. Malbin is executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute and professor of political science at University at Albany, State University of New York.
Chapter 1 Assessing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
Part 2 Part I: The Political Parties Post-BCRA
Chapter 3 Party Finance in the Wake of BCRA: An Overview
Chapter 4 The Parties' Congressional Campaign Committees in 2004
Chapter 5 State and Local Political Parties
Part 6 Part II: Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations
Chapter 7 BCRA and the 527 Groups
Chapter 8 Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations After BCRA
Part 9 Part III: Air Wars and Ground Wars
Chapter 10 Much More of the Same: Television Advertising Pre- and Post- BCRA
Chapter 11 Stepping Out of the Shadows? Ground-War Activity in 2004
Part 12 Part IV: Candidates and Elections
Chapter 13 The First Congressional Elections After BCRA
Chapter 14 Self-Financed Candidates and the "Millionaires' Amendment"
Chapter 15 A Public Funding System in Jeopardy: Lessons from the Presidential Nomination Contest of 2004
All chapters...demonstrate sound standards of academic scholarship. Recommended.
— Choice Reviews
The volume provides the most judicious and comprehensive treatment of contemporary campaign finance available. Readers will be hard-pressed to find a better collection of scholarly insights into modern campaign finance.
— Political Science Quarterly
This is a truly valuable book! I'd strongly recommend it to researchers and lay people interested in politics, as well as for classroom use.
— Marjorie R. Hershey, Indiana University
Includes chapters from the "who's who" of political scientists writing on campaign finance today.
Examines all aspects of campaign finance post-BCRA, and includes a thorough treatment of 527s.
Contains extensive tables, figures, and appendices to further illustrate BCRAs long term effects on our political system.