Limits and Loopholes: The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections

by Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, Diana Dwyre, Victoria A Farrar-Myers

Book Overview

From the authors of Legislative Labyrinth: Congress and Campaign Finance Reform.

Elections, the basic mechanism of representative democracy, should be untainted by corruption and provide a platform for free speech. But running for office takes money--a lot of it, usually--which means campaign finance has become a pitched battle over the fundamental political values of free speech versus fair elections. With insiders′...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872893294
• ISBN13: 9780872893290
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"