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At first glance, campaign finance reform looks like a good idea. McCain-Feingold, for instance, regulates campaigns by prohibiting national political parties from accepting soft money contributions from corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals. But are such measures, or any of the numerous and similarly restrictive proposals that have circulated through Washington in recent years, really good for our democracy? John Samples says no, and here he takes a penetrating look into the premises and consequences of the long crusade against big money in politics. How many Americans, he asks

FERDINAND TOENNIES HAS BEEN REPRESENTED AS THE BETE NOIR OF THE BAD ASPECTS OF CLASSICAL GERMAN SOCIOLOGY. RECENT STUDIES DISPROVE THIS AND SHOW TOENNIES' COMMITMENT TO SCIENCE, RATIONALISM AND SOCIAL REFORM, AND HIS LATER OPPOSITION TO NATIONAL SOCIALISM. THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT NEITHER OF THESE VIEWPOINTS IS THOROUGH IN COVERING TOENNIES' POLITICAL THOUGHT. THE AUTHOR SETS OUT TO PROVE, USING KANT'S WORK AS A BASE, THAT TOENNIES BELIEVED IN FREEDOM AND THE LIBERAL CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY.

At first glance, campaign finance reform looks like a good idea. McCain-Feingold, for instance, regulates campaigns by prohibiting national political parties from accepting soft money contributions from corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals. But are such measures, or any of the numerous and similarly restrictive proposals that have circulated through Washington in recent years, really good for our democracy?. John Samples says no, and here he takes a penetrating look into the premises and consequences of the long crusade against big money in politics. How many Americans, he asks,