Life After Reform

by Malbin, Michael J.; Bedlington, Anne H. (CON); Boatright, Robert G. (CON); Campbell, James E. (CON); Cooper, Alexandra (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780742528338
• ISBN10: 0742528332
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Life After Reform is the first serious and dispassionate book about how politics will change under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. It will quickly be seen as an essential tool for understanding the 2004 election. But its sophisticated and original framework for understanding change will also make it important well beyond a specific election, and long after reform debates have shifted to new questions. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix
Part I: New Laws and Processes
1 Thinking about Reform	3	(18)
Michael J. Malbin
The Immediate Background	4	(2)
FELA, Buckley, and BCRA	6	(6)
Uncertainties	12	(1)
Framework for Analysis	13	(2)
Preview of the Book	15	(5)
Conclusion	20	(1)
2 The Legislative Odyssey of BCRA	21	(22)
Anthony Corrado
The Politics of Reform	22	(4)
The McCain-Feingold Debate	26	(12)
Conclusion	38	(5)
Part II: Givers and Spenders
3 BCRA's Impact on Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations	43	(18)
Robert G. Boatright, Michael J. Malbin, Mark J. Rozell, Richard M. Skinner, and Clyde Wilcox
Broad Brush Strokes	44	(1)
Conceptual Framework	45	(3)
Organizational Learning	48	(1)
Contributions, Hard and Soft	49	(3)
Electioneering	52	(6)
Conclusion	58	(3)
4 With Limits Raised, Who Will Give More? The Impact of BORA on Individual Donors	61	(22)
Clyde Wilcox, Alexandra Cooper, Peter Francia, John C. Green, Paul S. Herreson, Lynda Powell, Jason Reifier, and Benjamin A. Webster
The Law: FELA and BCRA	62	(2)
The Donor Surveys	64	(1)
Significant Donors: An Overview	65	(4)
Donor Attitudes toward Campaign Finance Reform	69	(2)
Individual Donations under BCRA	71	(2)
Who Will Give More?	73	(5)
Conclusion	78	(1)
Notes	79	(4)
Part III: Political Parties
5 National Parties After BCRA	83	(18)
Diana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny
What Has Changed?-Resources	84	(5)
How Will BCRA Change National Party Activities?	89	(8)
Conclusion	97	(2)
Notes	99	(2)
6 State Political Parties After BCRA	101	(20)
Raymond J. La Raja
Campaigning in the States After BCRA	102	(3)
Consequences of BROA in the States	105	(1)
Winning and Losing State Parties under BCRA	106	(7)
Decentralization	113	(2)
Shifts in Power and Influence	115	(3)
Conclusion	118	(3)
7 The Party as an Extended Network: Members Giving to Each Other and to Their Parties	121	(20)
Anne H. Bedlington and Michael J. Malbin
A Story	122	(2)
More Stories	124	(1)
Larger, with New Purpose	125	(8)
The Party Committees	133	(3)
Conclusion	136	(5)
Part IV: Campaigns and Elections
8 The Stagnation of Congressional Elections	141	(18)
James E. Campbell
Electoral Stagnation	142	(1)
The Increased Incumbency Advantage	143	(1)
The Cause of Electoral Stagnation	144	(1)
A Theory of Electoral Stagnation	145	(2)
The Campaign Spending Advantage of Incumbents	147	(5)
The Impact of Campaign Finance Reform	152	(5)
Conclusion	157	(2)
9 The "Millionaires' Amendment"	159	(16)
Jennifer A. Steen
The Politics of Self-Financing	160	(2)
The Direct Impact of the Millionaires' Amendment	162	(8)
The Ripples: Strategic Decisions	170	(2)
Conclusion	172	(3)
10 The Impact of BCRA on Presidential Campaign Finance	175	(24)
John C. Green and Anthony Corrado
The Structure of the Presidential Public Finance System	176	(4)
The Presidential System's Problems	180	(6)
The Candidates Respond	186	(3)
The Impact of BCRA in 2004	189	(7)
Conclusion	196	(1)
Notes	196	(3)
Postscript	199	(4)
Michael J. Malbin
Works Cited	203	(10)
Index	213	(10)
About the Authors	223
The Editor	223	(1)
The Contributors	223