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03590aam a2200481 i 4500 001 E947EEF4134F11E6AEBAE1B2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160506010032 008 150914s2015 miua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015025150 020 $a 047212160X (ebook) 020 $a 9780472121601 (ebook) 020 $a 0472052993 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780472052998 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0472072994 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780472072996 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)922836022 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d BUF $d CDX $d OCLCO $d IOK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JK1991 $b .L28 2015 082 00 $a 324.7/8 $2 23 100 1 $a La Raja, Raymond J., $d 1965- $e author. 245 10 $a Campaign finance and political polarization : $b when purists prevail / $c Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xvi, 192 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Campaign finance laws, purists, and pragmatists : who benefits? -- The ideological wellsprings of campaign money -- Who gets campaign money and why rules matter -- Ideological polarization in state legislatures -- The hydraulics of campaign money -- The future of reform : build canals, not dams. 520 $a "Efforts to reform the U.S. campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms aimed at cutting the flow of money into politics have unintentionally favored candidates with extreme ideological agendas and, consequently, fostered political polarization. Drawing on data from 50 states and the U.S. Congress over 20 years, La Raja and Schaffner reveal that current rules allow wealthy ideological groups and donors to dominate the financing of political campaigns. In order to attract funding, candidates take uncompromising positions on key issues and, if elected, take their partisan views into the legislature. As a remedy, the authors propose that additional campaign money be channeled through party organizations - rather than directly to candidates - because these organizations tend to be less ideological than the activists who now provide the lion's share of money to political candidates. Shifting campaign finance to parties would ease polarization by reducing the influence of 'purist' donors with their rigid policy stances. La Raja and Schaffner conclude the book with policy recommendations for campaign finance in the United States. They are among the few non-libertarians who argue that less regulation, particularly for political parties, may in fact improve the democratic process."--Publisher description. 650 0 $a Campaign funds. 650 0 $a Polarization (Social sciences) 650 7 $a Campaign funds. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00844844 650 7 $a Polarization (Social sciences) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01068309 700 1 $a Schaffner, Brian F. $q (Brian Frederick), $e author. 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?vid=isbn9780472072996 941 $a 6 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214043442.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092527.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211015718.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180502020531.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160708010709.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20160506011223.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E947EEF4134F11E6AEBAE1B2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search