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Administering Politics: Rediscovering Campaign Finance and Public Administration

Orthodox public administration separated politics from administration, leaving little room for campaigns. Subsequent work challenged orthodoxy’s premium on efficiency at the expense of democratic values. The constitutional school and interdisciplinary studies of transparency, administrative law, and political science provide alternatives. Yet public administration neglects campaign finance, even after major policy developments, including the Citizens United ruling. Examining classic and contemporary literature and policy developments, this article is the first to establish how the politics-administration dichotomy provides a framework for studying campaign finance.