Election After Reform

Michael J. Malbin is executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute and professor of political science at University at Albany, State University of New York.

• Chapter 1 Assessing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform ActPart 2 Part I: The Political Parties Post-BCRAChapter 3 Party Finance in the Wake of BCRA: An OverviewChapter 4 The Parties' Congressional Campaign Committees in 2004Chapter 5 State and Local Political PartiesPart 6 Part II: Interest Groups and Advocacy OrganizationsChapter 7 BCRA and the 527 GroupsChapter 8 Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations After BCRAPart 9 Part III: Air Wars and Ground WarsChapter 10 Much More of the Same: Television Advertising Pre- and Post- BCRAChapter 11 Stepping Out of the Shadows? Ground-War Activity in 2004Part 12 Part IV: Candidates and ElectionsChapter 13 The First Congressional Elections After BCRAChapter 14 Self-Financed Candidates and the "Millionaires' Amendment"Chapter 15 A Public Funding System in Jeopardy: Lessons from the Presidential Nomination Contest of 2004

All chapters...demonstrate sound standards of academic scholarship. Recommended.