Interest groups and campaign finance reform in the United States and Canada / Robert G. Boatright.

Author
Boatright, Robert G. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2011.
Description
1 online resource (261 pages)

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Summary note
Annotation In the early 2000s, the US and Canada implemented new campaign finance laws restricting the ability of interest groups to make political contributions and to engage in political advertising. Boatright explains the results by placing the reforms in the context of ongoing political and technological changes.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • Introduction : interest groups and campaign finance reform a natural experiment
  • Part I : the roots of reform
  • Interest group studies in Canada and the United States
  • Interest group politics of the 1990s and the campaign finance reform movement
  • Campaign finance reform
  • Part II : consequences of reform
  • Measuring the effects of reform
  • The American response
  • The Canadian response
  • Lessons
  • Reform goals and values
  • Appendix : a primer on brokerage parties.
ISBN
  • 9780472026753 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0472026755 ((electronic bk.))
  • 047205144X
  • 9780472051441
OCLC
712773894
International Article Number
  • 9780472051441
Other standard number
  • 10.3998/mpub.2485161
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