| Self-Financed Candidates in Congressional Elections Contributor(s): Steen, Jennifer A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472069039 ISBN-13: 9780472069033 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $27.67 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 324.780 |
| LCCN: 2005022348 |
| Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.71 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many Americans have asked this question in the face of skyrocketing campaign spending by candidates and parties. Then, in the 1990s, came a wave of wealthy individuals whose deep pockets seemed to be buying political offices across the country. Our worst suspicions were confirmed. Or were they? What effect do self-financers really have on electoral outcomes? Jennifer Steen's authoritative empirical study of self-financed candidates is a landmark in American politics. Steen thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative seat, proving that the vast majority of self-financers do not win their elections. Instead, her book gives us a truer understanding of self-financers' actual influence on campaign competition and rhetoric. |