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Money, Politics, and Democracy

Money, Politics, and Democracy

Canada's Party Finance Reforms

Edited by Lisa Young and Harold J. Jansen

Published by: University of British Columbia Press

Imprint: UBC Press

236 Pages, 152.00 × 229.00 mm, 16 graphs, 22 tables

Paperback
9780774818926
Published: July 2011

£26.99

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Hardcover
9780774818919
Published: February 2011

£84.00

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#34;-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"><p>In 2004, Jean Chrétien's Liberals banned unions andcorporations from contributing financially to political parties. In2008, opposition leaders were prepared to defeat the Conservativegovernment over its proposal to eliminate public subsidies toparties.</p> <p>In <em>Money, Politics, and Democracy,</em> Lisa Young and HaroldJansen lead a distinguished group of political scientists in exploringthe issues that led to the showdown. Are publicly funded partiescompatible with democracy? What effect have campaign finance reformshad on the balance of power between parties and donors, on therelationship between national parties and local organizations, onelectoral competition? This timely volume reveals that the financialcentre of gravity for political parties is shifting between nationaland local organizations as individual donors replace unions andcorporations. To survive financially, parties must now maximize theirseats and votes. Contributors show that campaign finance reforms haveshaped party organization and electoral competition, contributing tosuccessive minority governments.</p> </div> </div> <div id="tab-2" class="tabs__panel tabs__panel--content" style="display: none"> <div class="tabs__content"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"><html><head><meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"><title>

1 Reforming Party and Election Finance in Canada / Lisa Youngand Harold J. Jansen

2 State Funding of Political Parties: Truths, Myths, and Legends /Justin Fisher

3 Public Funding of Political Parties: The Case for Further Reform /F. Leslie Seidle

4 Finance Reform and the Cartel Party Model in Canada / RichardS. Katz

5 Cartels, Syndicates, and Coalitions: Canada's PoliticalParties after the 2004 Reforms / Harold J. Jansen and LisaYoung

6 The Impact of Election Finance Reforms on Local Party Organization/ David Coletto and Munroe Eagles

7 The Quarterly Allowance and Turnout: Old and New Evidence /Peter John Loewen and André Blais

8 Financing Party Leadership Campaigns / William Cross and JohnCrysler

9 Lessons from the American Campaign Finance Reform Experience /Robert G. Boatright

10 Conclusion / Harold J. Jansen and Lisa Young

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