The Economic Realities of Political Reform: Elections and the US Senate

by James L. Regens, Ronald Keith Gaddie

Overview

The central political issue in American politics during the 1990s is the need for political campaign reform. The authors examine the United States Senate elections to determine the potential impact of several electoral reform proposals. They conclude that spending limits, contribution limits, and public financing proposals will not necessarily have the impact expected by advocates. The final fate of reform resides with self-interested incumbents who will design reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521474689
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/28/1995
Series:	Murphy Institute Studies in Political Economy
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Senate in transition and campaign finance; 2. Early money and profit-taking in Senate campaigns; 3. Targeting rent-provision by major interests; 4. Sitting in the cheap seats?; 5. Implications for campaign finance reform; 6. The future and the rent-seeking legislature; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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