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Campaign Finance Reform and the Future of the Democratic Party offers a new interpretation of the dynamics of the American political system. Focusing on the decline of the Democratic Party, Schneider explains how campaign finance reform would help Democrats to reverse the decades-long decline in their voter base by funding popular programs. The constant chase for campaign cash has forced Democratic politicians to concentrate on the needs of myriad special interest groups, scattering their attention across a number small issues of limited interest to most citizens. Schneider argues that this keeps them from uniting behind the kinds of broad, widely supported progressive plans that have always energized the Democratic base and won over support from middle and working class voters.

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""A thorough and tightly-reasoned brief for radical campaign finance reform. This book will be a valuable resource for all those concerned with a better political system, a better Democratic Party and a better America."" -- Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation ""Money-driven political systems are radically different from voter-centered systems. Schneider's fine new study shows how badly our understanding of Congress has been distorted by neglect of this simple, but profound point. His analysis of how campaign finance warps budgetary decision-making and party agendas is a striking correction to conventional wisdom and merits wide attention."" -- Thomas Ferguson, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston ""This is a very appealing book, one which many may want to embrace."" -- Congress and the Presidency: A Journal of Capital Studies ""Schneider's arguments are intuitively convincing and well supported by reference to a vast amount of economics and political science literature... his approach and conclusions (are) engaging and provocative."" -- American Political Science Review

A thorough and tightly-reasoned brief for radical campaign finance reform. This book will be a valuable resource for all those concerned with a better political system, a better Democratic Party and a better America.. <br>-Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation <br> Money-driven political systems are radically different from voter-centered systems. Schneider's fine new study shows how badly our understanding of Congress has been distorted by neglect of this simple, but profound point. His analysis of how campaign finance warps budgetary decision-making and party agendas is a striking correction to conventional wisdom and merits wide attention.. <br>-Thomas Ferguson, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston <br> This is a very appealing book, one which many may want to embrace.. <br>-Congress and the Presidency: A Journal of Capital Studies <br> Schneider's arguments are intuitively convincing and well supported by referenceto a vast amount of economics and political science literature... his approach and conclusions (are) engaging and provocative.. <br>-American Political Science Review <br>

A thorough and tightly-reasoned brief for radical campaign finance reform. This book will be a valuable resource for all those concerned with a better political system, a better Democratic Party and a better America.. -Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Money-driven political systems are radically different from voter-centered systems. Schneider's fine new study shows how badly our understanding of Congress has been distorted by neglect of this simple, but profound point. His analysis of how campaign finance warps budgetary decision-making and party agendas is a striking correction to conventional wisdom and merits wide attention.. -Thomas Ferguson, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston This is a very appealing book, one which many may want to embrace.. -Congress and the Presidency: A Journal of Capital Studies Schneider's arguments are intuitively convincing and well supported by referenceto a vast amount of economics and political science literature... his approach and conclusions (are) engaging and provocative.. -American Political Science Review

A thorough and tightly-reasoned brief for radical campaign finance reform. This book will be a valuable resource for all those concerned with a better political system, a better Democratic Party and a better America.. -Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation Money-driven political systems are radically different from voter-centered systems. Schneider's fine new study shows how badly our understanding of Congress has been distorted by neglect of this simple, but profound point. His analysis of how campaign finance warps budgetary decision-making and party agendas is a striking correction to conventional wisdom and merits wide attention.. -Thomas Ferguson, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston This is a very appealing book, one which many may want to embrace.. -Congress and the Presidency: A Journal of Capital Studies Schneider's arguments are intuitively convincing and well supported by referenceto a vast amount of economics and political science literature... his approach and conclusions (are) engaging and provocative.. -American Political Science Review

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Jerrold Schneider is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware and author of Ideological Coalitions in Congress. He has been a Brookings Institution Research Fellow and Guest Scholar, as well as a National Endowment for Humanities Fellow.

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