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The Rise of Political Action Committees: Interest Group Electioneering and the Transformation of American Politics

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The Rise of Political Action Committees: Interest Group Electioneering and the Transformation of American Politics - Charnock, Emily J
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Political Action Committees (PACs) are a much-noted aspect of modern American election campaigns. Yet there has been no major book exploring their origins, development, and impact over time. In The Rise of Political Action Committees , Emily J. Charnock addresses this gap, telling a story with much deeper roots than many contemporary commentators would expect, since the first PAC was created back in 1943. The book explores why major interest groups chose to create PACs in the mid-20th Century, and how they used these PACs ...

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The Rise of Political Action Committees: Interest Group Electioneering and the Transformation of American Politics 2023, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780197689714

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Rise of Political Action Committees: Interest Group Electioneering and the Transformation of American Politics 2020, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190075514

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