Foreword
Richard P. Nathan, Director,
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Laws and Agencies
The Scope (and Limit) of Reform: A Brief Federal Detour
State Laws: The Early Wave
Changes in State Laws Since 1980
Administering the Laws: Agency Resources
3. Turning Laws Into Tasks: The Assumptions Underlying Disclosure
Agency Tasks
Agency's Work Is Never Done
After the Agency--Then What?
4. Public Funding: Themes and Variations
Public Funding Themes
Which Candidates Participate?
Public Support for Funding Trends Downward
Political Support for Funding: The Need for Consensus
5. Slipping and Sliding: How Interest Groups Have Adapted to Regulation
Tactical Responses: Getting Around the Law
Unequal Effects
The Effects of Increased Complexity
Summary
6. The Limits of Party Limits
Overview
Florida
Wisconsin
Washington
Minnesota
Conclusions
7. What Helps Competition?
Public Financing: Good, At Most, for a Start
What Really Helps Challengers: It's the Money, No Matter From Where
The Party's the Key
Turnign the Tables
Conclusions
8. If the Standard Cures Fail, What Can One Do?
Accountability, Disclosure, and Limits
Encouraging Competition, Debate, and Participation
Concluding Thoughts
Index