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Parades, Pickets, And Prison: Alice Paul And The Virtues Of Unruly Constitutional Citizenship, Lynda G. Dodd Mar 2008

Parades, Pickets, And Prison: Alice Paul And The Virtues Of Unruly Constitutional Citizenship, Lynda G. Dodd

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Reclaiming Egalitarianism In The Political Theory Of Campaign Finance Reform, Frank Pasquale Jan 2008

Reclaiming Egalitarianism In The Political Theory Of Campaign Finance Reform, Frank Pasquale

Faculty Scholarship

Recent advocacy for campaign finance reform has been based on an ideal of the democratic process which is unrealistic and unhelpful. Scholars should instead return to its egalitarian roots. This article examines how deliberative democratic theory became the main justification for campaign finance reform. It exposes the shortcomings of this deliberativist detour and instead models campaign spending as an effort to commodify issue-salience. Given this dominant function of money in politics, a more effective paradigm for reform is equalizing influence. Advocates of campaign regulation should return to the original principles of reformers; not an idealized vision of the democratic process, …


Taiwan's 2008 Presidential And Vice Presidential Election: Maturing Democracy, John F. Copper Jan 2008

Taiwan's 2008 Presidential And Vice Presidential Election: Maturing Democracy, John F. Copper

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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Korean Dispute Over The Northern Limit Line: Security, Economics, Or International Law?, Terence Roehrig Jan 2008

Korean Dispute Over The Northern Limit Line: Security, Economics, Or International Law?, Terence Roehrig

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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