Description: Further DetailsTitle: Money, Politics, and DemocracyCondition: NewSubtitle: Canada’s Party Finance ReformsISBN-10: 0774818921EAN: 9780774818926ISBN: 9780774818926Publisher: University of British Columbia PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/01/2011Description: 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. In Money, Politics, and Democracy, 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 360gContributor: Harold J. Jansen (Edited by), Lisa Young (Edited by)Genre: Law & PoliticsAuthor: Harold J. JansenRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Money, Politics, and Democracy
Title: Money, Politics, and Democracy
Subtitle: Canada’s Party Finance Reforms
ISBN-10: 0774818921
EAN: 9780774818926
ISBN: 9780774818926
Release Date: 07/01/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Contributor: Lisa Young (Edited by)
Genre: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 236 Pages
Publication Name: Money, Politics, and Democracy : Canada's Party Finance Reforms
Language: English
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Election Law, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, World / Canadian, Political Process / Political Parties, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Author: Harold J. Jansen
Subject Area: Law, Political Science
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
