Campaign Finance Reform: A Sourcebook [Paperback]

Anthony Corrado (Editor), Thomas E. Mann (Editor), Daniel R. Ortiz (Editor), Trevor Potter (Editor), Frank J. Sorauf (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

This volume pulls together key documents--statutes, court decisions, FEC advisory opinions, draft legislation--and scholarly articles that are essential references for any informed discussion of campaign finance reform. Each chapter includes a set of reprinted materials preceded by an explanation of the relevant issues by the editors. Topics include the history of federal statutes on campaign finance; major Supreme Court decisions; the constitutional contours of the current debate; a roadmap to the present rules of the game; political action committees; national parties; hard and soft money; express and issue advocacy; enforcing campaign finance law; and recent innovations and proposals. The volume is designed to help reformers and interested citizens understand how current campaign finance practices have evolved from previous decisions made by legislative, judicial, and executive bodies and what might be entailed in moving the system in a desired direction. Each of the editors has extensive practical experience in the field of campaign finance.

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About the Author

Each of the editors has extensive practical experience in the field of campaign finance. Anthony Corrado is an associate professor of government at Colby College and author of Paying for Presidents (Twentieth Century Fund, 1993). Thomas E. Mann is director of the Governmental Studies program at the Brookings Institution and steers its Working Group on Campaign Finance Reform. Dan Ortiz is professor of law at the University of Virginia and the author of numerous articles. Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, is a partner in a Washington, D.C. law firm. Frank Sorauf is professor of political science at the University of Minnesota and author of Inside Campaign Finance (Yale, 1992).

Product Details

• Paperback: 402 pages
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815715811
• ISBN-13: 978-0815715818
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good coverage of the laws, as they were, July 7, 2011

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This review is from: Campaign Finance Reform: A Sourcebook (Paperback)

If you are running a campaign in the 1990s this book is for you. It offers a great treatment of the laws, but still is a little bit dated. If you are now conducting research into the evolution of campaign finance laws, well then this book would be a great one for you. If, however, you are looking at what you should avoiding doing while running a campaign get another book, or hire a campaign finance lawyer. All in all, a treatment that could not be surpassed at the time it was published, but now is a historical footnote.