Campaign finance in local elections
Subtitle: buying the grassroots
By: by Brian Adams.
Publisher: FirstForumPress
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781935049173
Subjects: Local elections -- United States; Campaign funds -- United States -- States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Local elections, campaign finance, and the health of American democracy; title: The cities and the data; title: Campaign finance, competition, and electoral success; title: Why campaign spending matters; title: Electoral accessibility and the campaign finance barrier; title: Biases in the contributor pool; title: The effects of contribution limits; title: The impact of public financing; title: Conclusion : reforming city elections.