Improper Influence: Campaign Finance Law, Political Interest Groups, and the Problem of Equality. (book reviews)

Daniel M. Shea, University of Akron

It is rare to find a book that affords a truly fresh perspective on the role of special interest groups in the financing of U.S. elections. It is also uncommon to find a theoretically rigorous essay confronting a topic usually grounded in empirical terms. Thomas Gais's recent work, Improper Influence, scores high on both counts and deserves close attention from students of collective action, campaign finance law, and the U.S. political process more generally.

The rationale behind campaign finance reform in the early 1970s was to reduce, if not ...

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