Money and Politics: Financing Our Elections Democratically
- ISBN-10
- 080704315X
- ISBN-13
- 9780807043158
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 124
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Authors
- Joel Rogers, Janice Fine, David Donnelly
Description
Argues that the only way to ensure democratic elections is through full public funding of campaigns
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