02807nam 2200625 a 450 991078983960332120221005231356.01-283-04445-597866130444570-472-02675-5(CKB)2670000000080360(OCoLC)712773894(CaPaEBR)ebrary10459107(SSID)ssj0000537982(PQKBManifestationID)12193235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537982(PQKBWorkID)10567434(PQKB)11001129(MiAaPQ)EBC3414986(EXLCZ)99267000000008036020150424d2011 uy| 0enguru|u---u|uu|txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInterest groups and campaign finance reform in the United States and Canada /Robert G. BoatrightAnn Arbor, MI, USAUniversity of Michigan Press©2011University of Michigan Press1 online resource (261 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-05144-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.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.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.Campaign fundsUnited StatesCampaign fundsCanadaPressure groupsUnited StatesPressure groupsCanadaPOLITICAL SCIENCEbisacPolitical Process / Political AdvocacybisacCampaign fundsCampaign fundsPressure groupsPressure groupsPOLITICAL SCIENCEPolitical Process / Political Advocacy324.780973Boatright Robert G1150321PQKBAzTeSBOOK9910789839603321Interest groups and campaign finance reform in the United States and Canada3853466UNINA