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Overview""Draws lessons from Seattle's experience with its Democracy Voucher Program, an innovative public campaign financing system designed to change how local elections are funded""-- Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer A. Heerwig , Brian J. McCabePublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781439926253ISBN 10: 1439926255 Pages: 117 Publication Date: 03 September 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews“Thirty years after Bruce Ackerman proposed an idea for changing the way money might affect politics, Heerwig and McCabe provide the first comprehensive account of its success in the first American city to adopt it. Democracy vouchers radically improve democracy—increasing participation, driving voter renewal, and substantially improving representation in city government. This beautifully crafted story will drive reform across the nation focused on changing the corrupting influence of money in American politics—finally.”—Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, and author of They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy “Fighting the undue role played by big money in American politics is a necessary condition for the survival of U.S. democracy. The Seattle Democracy Vouchers experiment is unique in this respect, and Heerwig and McCabe’s work provides a much-needed study of this impressive but challenging attempt at reducing the influence of large donors in U.S. politics. Their book is enlightening and should be on the table of any policymaker interested in fair elections and in improving both descriptive and substantive representation.”—Julia Cagé, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris, and author of The Price of Democracy:How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do About It Author InformationJennifer A. Heerwig is Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science (by Courtesy) at Stony Brook University. Brian J. McCabe is Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. He is the author of No Place Like Home: Wealth, Community and the Politics of Homeownership, and the coeditor of The Sociology of Housing: How Homes Shape Our Social Lives. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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