Law and election politics : the rules of the game /
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Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005. |
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Description: | x, 223 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Election law -- United States. Elections -- United States. Political campaigns -- United States. Election law. Elections. Political campaigns. United States. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5516680 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Linking Election Law and Electoral Politics
- 2. Parties and Primaries: The First Electoral Round
- 3. Third Parties: The Power of Electoral Laws and Institutions
- 4. Campaign Finance: Reform, Representation, and the First Amendment
- 5. Issue Advocacy Electioneering: The Role of Money and Organized Interests
- 6. Media Coverage: The Local Effects of Deregulation
- 7. The Internet: Democracy Goes Online
- 8. Defining Voters' Rights: Equal Protection and the Impact of Bush v. Gore
- 9. The Voting Rights Act: Addressing Age-Old Barriers in a New Milieu
- 10. Redistricting: Racial and Partisan Considerations
- 11. Judicial Elections: A Different Standard for the Rulemakers?
- List of Acronyms
- References
- The Contributors
- Index
- About the Book