Campaign Finance and Political Polarization When Purists Prevail

• Autor Principal: La Raja, Raymond J (auth)
• Outros autores: Schaffner, Brian F (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Idioma: inglés
• Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2015
• Subjects: Politics & government; Elections & referenda; Political parties; Political Science
• Acceso en liña: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Efforts to reform the U.S. campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms aimed at cutting the flow of money into politics have unintentionally favored candidates with extreme ideological ag...