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Life After Reform is the first serious and dispassionate book about how politics will change under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. It will quickly be seen as an essential tool for understanding the 2004 election. But its sophisticated and original framework for understanding change will also make it important well beyond a specific election, and long after reform debates have shifted to new questions.
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The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (otherwise known as McCain- Feingold) is assessed by political scientists brought together by the Campaign Finance Institute, of which editor Malbin is the executive director. The 10 contributions seek to determine whether the law will achieve its stated objectives and with what side effects. The papers look at the likely impact of the law on interest groups, major donors, national and state parties, and party members as givers. Impacts on congressional incumbency and presidential elections are also discussed. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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