Subsidizing Democracy: How Public Funding Changes Elections and How It Can Work in the Future

by Michael G. Miller

Book Overview

In the wake of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), the case that allowed corporate and union spending in elections, many Americans despaired over the corrosive influence that private and often anonymous money can have on political platforms, campaigns, and outcomes at the federal and state level. In McComish v. Bennett (2011), the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the matching funds feature of so-called "Clean...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801452279
• ISBN13: 9780801452277
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher