Campaign and election reform a reference handbook Glenn H. Utter and Ruth Ann Strickland.
Series Contemporary world issuesDetalles de publicación: California ABC-CLIO 1997.Descripción: xiii, 351 p. ill. 23 cmISBN:- 0874368626
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- JK1976 .U88 1997
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In a single volume, Campaign and Election Reform gathers a wealth of information about past and present attempts to reform the electoral process. The authors discuss such political circumstances as party corruption, which led to the rise of reform movements, and excessive campaign donations, which resulted in campaign finance legislation. Emphasis is placed on the various explanations for continued low voter turnout rates and suggested changes in the electoral system that may increase citizen participation.
Topics include development of the secret ballot; the electoral college and the 12th amendment; progressive era reforms; discrimination; gerrymandering; term limits; ballot format reform; and unintended consequences of reform. The book is packed with facts and data from voting studies and includes excerpts from legislation and court cases, and the varied opinions of political researchers and activists.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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More titles in the publisher's Contemporary World Issues series. Though all the books in this useful series follow the same general format, each offers something unique. Legalized Gambling, for example, has an extensive list of feature films with gambling themes. Campaign and Election Reform includes a compilation of fairly lengthy quotations from the Congressional Record and other sources. The fact that a number of titles in the series, including Legalized Gambling and Sexual Harassment, are now in their second editions proves that these continue to be hot topics.Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Glenn H. Utter is professor of political science and chair of the Department of Political Science at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX.
Ruth Ann Strickland is associate professor of political science and criminal justice at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.