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Checkbook Democracy: How Money Corrupts Political Campaigns. By Darrell M. West. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 2000. 220p. $47.50 cloth, $16.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2002

David A. Breaux
David A. Breaux
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Abstract

Darrell West argues that elections, rather than stimulate debate over ideas and policies, have degenerated into con- tests in which candidates try to raise more and more money. The cost of campaigns has skyrocketed, the level of cynicism and apathy among voters has increased, and the perceived accountability of elected officials has been placed at risk.

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Book Review
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American Political Science Review , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 226 - 227
Copyright
2001 by the American Political Science Association

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