A collection of articles from the early 1970's,exploring various aspects of campaign finance, including the influence of large contributors, labor unions, television, campaign finance reform legislation, and the case of Buckley v. Valeo.
Nixon then appointed Solicitor General Robert H. Bork as acting attorney general, and Bork did fire Cox. The resignations and firing took place on October 20, 1973, a Saturday, and came to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre.
La Raja and Schaffner conclude the book with policy recommendations for campaign finance in the United States.
This key volume provides a thorough and well-structured post-communist study of political finance, election campaign and party funding issues within this region, focusing specifically on Central and Eastern European countries.
This book assumes that voters are the end users of campaign finance reform, and it questions whether average citizens really know what they are asking for or what they may get when they demand change.
Scrutinizing a relatively new field of study, the Handbook of Political Party Funding assesses the basic assumptions underlying the research, presenting an unequalled variety of case studies from diverse political finance systems.
As the number of Internet and social media users increases, political parties and candidates are spending significant amounts of money on online campaigning.
Introduction -- Weak link? -- The uninformed public -- The malleable public -- The cynical public -- The pragmatic public -- What do the experts think? -- Campaign finance laws and trust in government -- Conclusion.
Political Finance in Post-Conflict Societies
New York: Pearson Longman. Fouirnaies, Alexander, and Andrew B. Hall. 2014. “The Financial Incumbency Advantage: Causes and Consequences.” Journal of Politics 76 (3): 711–24. Francia, Peter L., John C. Green, Paul S. Herrnson, ...
What are the impacts of public funding for sustainable democracy? The Funding of Party Competition examines these questions, and the result is a major contribution to scholarly research on party democracy and on democracy building.