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Corporate PACs and Federal Campaign Financing Laws: Use or Abuse of Power?
by Ann B. Matasar. 161 pgs.
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Contents
Tables
Forword
1: Introduction
NOTES
2: Setting the Legal Stage for Corporate PACS: A Historical Perspective
NOTES
3: Dimensions of the Corporate PAC Phenomenon: The Numerical and Financial Strength of Corporate
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4: Contributions: Patterns and Purpose
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5: Interpac Relations
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6: Independent Expenditures
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7: Conclusions
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Appendix 1: 1983 Fortune 500 Industrial Companies
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Appendix 2: 1982 Fortune Second 500 Larest Industrial Companies
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Appendix 3: 1983 Fortune 100 Largest Bank Holding Companies
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Appendix 4: 1983 Fortune 100 Largest Diversified Financial Services Companies
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Appendix 5: 1983 Fortune Largest Diversified Service Companies
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Appendix 6: 1983 Fortune 50 Largest Retailing Companies
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Appendix 7: 1983 Fortune 50 Largest Life Insurance Companies
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Appendix 8: 1983 Fortune 50 Largest Transportation Companies
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Appendix 9: 1983 Fortune 50 Largest Utilities
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Appendix 10: Questionnaire for Corporations without Federal PACs
Appendix 11: Questionnaire for Corporations with Federal PACs
Index
About the Author
2.
Risky Business? Pac Decisionmaking in Congressional Elections
by Robert Biersack, Paul S. Herrnson, Clyde Wilcox. 314 pgs.
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Foreword
Preface
1: Introduction
Part One Lead Pacs
2: Coping with Increasing Business Influence: The Afl-Cio's Committee on Political Education
Conclusions: Cope in the Information Flow
3: The Business-Industry Pac: Trying to Lead in an Uncertain Election Climate
Conclusions
Notes
4: The National Committee for an Effective Congress: Liberalism, Partisanship, and Electoral Innovation
Notes
Conclusion
5: The Demise of a Lead Pac: The Free Congress Pac
Part Two Institutionalized Pacs
The Nationalization of Education Politics: the National Education Association Pac and the 1992 Elections
Conclusion
Notes
At&t Pac: a Pragmatic Giant
Conclusion
Notes
8: The Eaton Corporation Public Policy Association: Ideology, Pragmatism, and Big Business
9: The National Association of Realtors Pac: Rules or Rationality?
Conclusions
Notes
10: The National Abortion Rights Action League Pac: Reproductive Choice in the Spotlight
Notes
11: A New Political Pragmatism? the National Right to Life Pac
Conclusion
Conclusion
Part Three "Mom and Pop" Pacs
12: The National Federation of Federal Employees: Big Little Man?
Notes
13: The Fhp Health Care Pac
14: The American Association of Publishers Pac
Conclusion
Notes
15: Grassroots Organization in Defense of Mother Nature: The Clean Water Action Vote Environment Pac
16: Le Pac C'Est Moi: Brent Bozell and the Conservative Victory Committee
17: Justlife Action
Notes
Conclusion
18: The Washington Pac: One Man Can Make a Difference
Notes
Conclusion
20: How the Little People Choose: Pac Decisionmaking in the Phh Group, Inc., and the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association
Notes
Conclusion
Part Four Conclusions
21: Not So Risky Business: Pac Activity in 1992
Conclusion
Notes
Appendices
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
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Business Strategy for the Political Arena (Chap. 5 "PACS: The Newest Game in Town")
by Frank Shipper, Marianne M. Jennings. 182 pgs.
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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Notes
1: The Washington Arena
Notes
2: Influencing the Iron Triangle
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3: The Players: Their Roles, the Games, and Getting Ahead
Notes
4: Controlling the Jugular Vein
Notes
5: Pacs: The Newest Game in Town
Notes
6: Strategic Planning for Managerial-Political Interaction
Notes
7: Judicial Review: The Final Step
Notes
8: A Case Study in Strategic Political Planning
Appendix A: The Congressional and Administrative Processes
Appendix B Strategic Planning Work Sheets for the Political Arena
Appendix C Suggested Reading List
Index
About the Authors
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Campaigns, Congress, and Courts: The Making of Federal Campaign Finance Law (Chap. 6 "Unions, Corporations, and the Rise of PACs")
by Robert E. Mutch. 217 pgs.
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The First Laws From Teapot Dome to Watergate Money and Speech: The Debate Over Contribution and Spending Limits Disclosure, Enforcement, and the FEC Public Financing Unions, Corporations, and the Rise of PACs
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Contents
Abbreviations Used in Citations
Preface
Introduction
Notes
Chapter 1: The First Laws
Notes
Chapter 2: From Teapot Dome to Watergate
Notes
Chapter 3: Money and Speech: The Debate Over Contribution and Spending Limits
Notes
Chapter 4: Disclosure, Enforcement, and the FEC
Notes
Chapter 5: Public Financing
Notes
Chapter 6: Unions, Corporations, and the Rise of PACs
Notes
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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A Test of the Structure of PAC Contracts: An Analysis of House Gun Control Votes in the 1980s, in Southern Economic Journal
by Joseph P. Mcgarrity, Daniel Sutter. 23 pgs.
Journal Article
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Foreign-Owned Firms' Campaign Contributions in the United States: An Exploratory Study, in Policy Studies Journal
by Kathleen A. Rehbein. 21 pgs.
Journal Article
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The Rise and Reform of Stealth PACs, in The American Prospect
by Michael Trister. 3 pgs.
Magazine Article
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Nice Pac You'Ve Got Here...A Pity If Anything Should Happen to It, in Washington Monthly
by Amy Dockser. 3 pgs.
Magazine Article
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Money Rules: Financing Elections in America
by Anthony Gierzynski. 146 pgs.
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Anthony Gierzynski is associate professor of political science at the University of Vermont.
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Dilemmas in American Politics
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1: Introduction
Notes
2: Understanding Campaign-Finance Behavior
3: Elections, Campaign- Finance Law, and Public Opinion
Summary
4: Money in Elections
Conclusion
5: Contributors
Conclusion
6: Conclusion
Notes
Appendix Detailed Description of Analysis Behind Figure 4.2
Glossary
References
Index
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