Money, Power, and Elections: How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy

by Rodney A. Smith

Book Overview

Have campaign finance reform laws actually worked? Is money less influential in electing candidates today than it was thirty years ago when legislation was first enacted? Absolutely not, argues Rodney A. Smith in this passionately written, fact-filled, and provocative book. According to Smith, the laws have had exactly the opposite of their intended effect. They have increased the likelihood that incumbents in the House and Senate will be reelected,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807131288
• ISBN13: 9780807131282
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"