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The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (formerly known as McCain-Feingold) is the most important federal campaign finance law in decades. Whether the law will achieve its intended purposes, what it will mean for the parties and interest groups, and how it will affect elections—all are hotly contested issues in news columns and courtroom depositions. This book is the first serious and dispassionate attempt to think about the effect of this law since it was passed. It presents the research and early conclusions of political scientists who were brought together by the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute to think about how the new law is—and is not—likely to change politics. The authors do not share a common political outlook, or even a common perspective about campaign finance reform. What they do share are reputations for being among the country's best scholars of money and politics. This is a book that students and practitioners of politics will not want to miss, especially in view of the recent Supreme Court decision.
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Michael J. Malbin, executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute (CFI), is also professor of political science, University at Albany, State University of New York. A Campaign Finance Institute Book. The Campaign Finance Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit institute affiliated with the George Washington University that conducts objective research and education, empanels task forces, and makes recommendations for policy change in the field of campaign finance.
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Part 1 I New Laws and Processes Chapter 2 Thinking about Reform Chapter 3 The Legislative Odyssey of BCRA Part 4 II Givers and Spenders Chapter 5 BCRA's Impact on Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations Chapter 6 With Limits Raised, Who Will Give More? The Impact of BCRA on Individual Donors Part 7 III Political Parties Chapter 8 National Political Parties After BCRA Chapter 9 State Political Parties After BCRA Chapter 10 The Party as an Extended Network: Members Giving to Each Other and to Their Parties Part 11 IV Campaigns and Elections Chapter 12 The Stagnation of Congressional Elections Chapter 13 The "Millionaire's Amendment" Chapter 14 The Impact of BCRA on Presidential Campaign Finance Chapter 15 Postscript