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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785121603321

Autore

Gauja Anika

Titolo

Political parties and elections : legislating for representative democracy / / Anika Gauja

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-07873-X

1-315-60120-6

1-317-07872-1

1-282-78574-5

9786612785740

0-7546-9409-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Election law, politics, and theory

Disciplina

342/.07

Soggetti

Political parties - Law and legislation

Campaign funds - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Public law, political parties and representative democracy: a framework for comparative analysis -- Political parties and constitutions -- The gradual legal recognition of political parties -- Requirements for party registration and internal organization -- Regulating party candidate selection contests -- Parties and the conduct of elections -- The public funding of election campaigns and political parties -- The private funding of election campaigns : regulating political donations and expenditures -- Parties in parliament: the independence of the legislature -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which advanced industrial democracies - specifically the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - seek to regulate the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Utilizing an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, author Anika Gauja surveys electoral law and ancillary legislation to analyze the case law that guides the interpretation of this legislation.