TITLE

Under the influence

AUTHOR(S)
Rauber, Paul; McManus, Reed
PUB. DATE
September 1994
SOURCE
Sierra;Sep/Oct94, Vol. 79 Issue 5, p26
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Looks at the linkage between money and the United States government's reluctance to support environmental protection measures. Increasing cost of political campaigns; Approaches to reforming the campaign-finance reform identified by Randy Keeler of the Massachusetts-based Working Group on Electoral Democracy; Sierra Club's support for campaign-finance reform.
ACCESSION #
9408245295

Tags: ENVIRONMENTAL protection;  POLITICAL campaigns;  CAMPAIGN funds -- Law & legislation;  COST;  POLITICAL science

 

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