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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book Title; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; 1-Local Elections, Campaign Finance, and the Health of American Democracy; Local Elections, Campaign Finance and Democracy; Competitiveness, Accessibility, and Participation Bias in Municipal Elections; Campaign Finance and the Limits of Local Democracy; Notes; 2-The Cities and the Data; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Miami-Dade; San Francisco; Louisville; Seattle; Long Beach; Sacramento; Tampa; Lexington; Data Collection and Accuracy; Notes; 3-Campaign Finance, Competition, and Electoral Success. |
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Candidate Classifications and Measures of Campaign Finance ActivityIncumbency Advantage and Competition; Money and Electoral Success; The Fundraising Threshold: How Much Money do Candidates Need to Run?; Conclusion; Notes; 4-Why Campaign Spending Matters; How do Candidates Spend their Campaign Funds?; Campaign Finance and Other Factors Influencing Electoral Success; Winning Without Money; Conclusion; Notes; 5-Electoral Accessibility and the Campaign Finance Barrier; Variation in Electoral Accessibility: The Issue of District Size; Mayoral Elections and Accessibility. |
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Campaign Finance, Social Networks, and Electoral AccessibilityConclusion: How Campaign Finance Undermines Electoral Accessibility; Notes; 6-Biases in the Contributor Pool; The Types of Contributors; Individual Contributors; Business Sector Representation; The Geographic Distribution of Contributors; Racial and Gender Biases; Fundraising Coalitions; Are There Single-Interest Candidates?; Income and Geographic Biases; Labor Versus Business Candidates; Differentiation Across Candidates; Grassroots Coalitions; The Nature of Fundraising Coalitions; Conclusion: Biases in the Contributor Pool; Notes. |
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7-The Effects of Contribution LimitsContribution Limits and the Contributor Pool; Contributions and Aggregate Spending; Who Benefits from Contribution Limits?; Conclusion: Are Limits a Worthwhile Reform?; Notes; 8-The Impact of Public Financing; Public Financing in Municipal Elections; Public Funding and Competitiveness; Contributing Patterns; Public Financing and Private Fundraising; Public Funding in Mayoral Elections; The Impact of Public Funding Programs; Notes; 9-Conclusion: Reforming City Elections; The Prospects for Campaign Finance Reform; Campaign Finance and the Electoral Context. |
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The Democratic Potential of Local ElectionsNotes; Appendix A: Coding for Contributions; Appendix B: Coding for Expenditures; References; Index; About the Book. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Local elections -- United States.
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Local elections. |
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United States. |
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Campaign funds -- United States -- States.
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Campaign funds. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adams, Brian E. Campaign Finance in Local Elections : Buying the Grassroots. Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, ©2009 9781935049173 |
| ISBN |
9781626371705 (electronic book) |
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1626371709 (electronic book) |
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9781935049173 |
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