Sellinger / Smith Unfree Speech

The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform
With a New preface by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2471-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sellinger, Samantha

Smith, Bradley A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Chapter 1: Introduction 3

PART I: THE COST OF CAMPAIGNS AND THE PRICE OF REFORM

Chapter 2: Money Talks: A Short History of Campaign Spending, Regulation, and Reform 17

Chapter 3: Faulty Assumptions of Campaign Finance Reform 39

Chapter 4: The Folly of Reform: Consequences of Campaign Finance Regulation 65

Chapter 5: Some Problems with the Solution of Government Financing 88

PART II: CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Chapter 6: Money and Speech 109

Chapter 7: Money and Corruption 122

Chapter 8: Money and Equality 137

PART III: REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Chapter 9: Unfree Speech: The Future of Regulatory ''Reform'' 169

Chapter 10: Real Equality, Real Corruption, Real Reform 201

Notes 229

Bibliography 259

Index 279

Über Autor(innen)

Bradley A. Smith is Professor of Law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. As of May 2000, he has been serving a six-year term on the Federal Election Commission.