Product Description: A new understanding of what really matters in our electionsPrevailing wisdom holds that the pivot of American political campaigns has shifted over the past century from the parties to the candidate. David C. W. Parker challenges this conventional notion, arguing that campaigns center on neither orientation but are, more simply, resource dependent...read more

Reprinted from magazines, newspapers, and other popular media, twenty-seven articles provide a range of views on the history of campaign finance in the United States. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: The role of money in the U.S. electoral process has become more and more controversial in recent years. Following the Buckley ruling and other legislation in 1996, candidates and political parties are free to raise virtually unlimited “soft” money, making money perhaps the most significant factor in a campaign’s success...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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