Financing the 2008 Election: Assessing Reform
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Financing the 2008 Election: Assessing Reform
By (Author) David B. Magleby
Edited by Anthony Corrado
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Brookings Institution
30th March 2011
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
324.780973090511
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Description
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 financings role in one of Americas most remarkable Novembers.
Reviews
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
Author Bio
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.
