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Financing the 2008 Election

Assessing Reform
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Financing the 2008 Election is the definitive analysis of how campaign finance and spending shaped the historic presidential and congressional races of 2008. Drawing on years of experience and research as well as close access to important political operations, Dave Magleby, Anthony Corrado, and their colleagues paint the portrait of campaign financing's role in one of America's most remarkable Novembers.
David B. Magleby is dean of the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Financing the 2000 Election, a coeditor with Corrado of Financing the 2004 Election, and coauthor of Government by the People (Pearson Prentice Hall), now in its 21st edition.Anthony Corrado is Professor of Government at Colby College and a nonresident senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is a coeditor of Campaign Finance Reform: A Sourcebook and a coauthor of The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook, both published by Brookings.
1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Regulatory Environment 3. Financing the 2008 Presidential Nomination 4. Financing the 2008 Presidential General Election 5. Financing the 2008 Congressional Election 6. Political Parties and the 2008 Election 7. Interest Groups and the 2008 Election 8. Lessons for Reformers from the 2008 Election
"Magleby (Brigham Young Univ.) and Corrado (Colby College) have brought together some of the leading scholars in the field to offer insight into the most expensive election in US history. Recommended." CHOICE
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