{"product_id":"self-financed-candidates-in-congressional-elections-jennifer-a-steen-9780472069033","title":"Self-Financed Candidates in Congressional Elections","description":"\u003cp\u003eAre our elections for sale? Americans have long asked this question in the face of skyrocketing campaign spending by candidates and parties. Then, in the 1990s, came a wave of wealthy individuals whose deep pockets seemed to be buying political offices across the country. Our worst suspicions were confirmed. Or were they? What effect do self-financers really have on electoral outcomes? Jennifer Steen's authoritative empirical study of self-financed candidates is a landmark in American politics. Steen thoroughly dispels the notion that self-funded candidates can buy legislative seats, proving that the vast majority of self-financers do not win their elections. Her book gives us a truer understanding of self-financers' actual influence on campaign competition and rhetoric. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer A. Steen is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a former political consultant. She is one of the nation's leading authorities on self-financed candidates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer A. Steen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472069039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472069033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.68d","brand":"Jennifer A. Steen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064991002879,"sku":"9780472069033","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a73caba8-50dc-4a77-bcfe-d4486394663b.jpg?v=1768672407","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/self-financed-candidates-in-congressional-elections-jennifer-a-steen-9780472069033","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}