Michael J. Malbin is executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute and professor of political science at University at Albany, State University of New York.

All chapters...demonstrate sound standards of academic scholarship. Recommended.

• Chapter 1 Assessing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform ActPart 2 Part I: The Political Parties Post-BCRAChapter 3 Party Finance in the Wake of BCRA: An OverviewChapter 4 The Parties' Congressional Campaign Committees in 2004Chapter 5 State and Local Political PartiesPart 6 Part II: Interest Groups and Advocacy OrganizationsChapter 7 BCRA and the 527 GroupsChapter 8 Interest Groups and Advocacy Organizations After BCRAPart 9 Part III: Air Wars and Ground WarsChapter 10 Much More of the Same: Television Advertising Pre- and Post- BCRAChapter 11 Stepping Out of the Shadows? Ground-War Activity in 2004Part 12 Part IV: Candidates and ElectionsChapter 13 The First Congressional Elections After BCRAChapter 14 Self-Financed Candidates and the "Millionaires' Amendment"Chapter 15 A Public Funding System in Jeopardy: Lessons from the Presidential Nomination Contest of 2004