02568nam 2200577Ia 450 991080791460332120200520144314.01-283-04445-597866130444570-472-02675-5(CKB)2670000000080360(OCoLC)712773894(CaPaEBR)ebrary10459107(SSID)ssj0000537982(PQKBManifestationID)12193235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537982(PQKBWorkID)10567434(PQKB)11001129(MiAaPQ)EBC3414986(EXLCZ)99267000000008036020101007d2011 uy 0enguru|u---u|uu|txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInterest groups and campaign finance reform in the United States and Canada /Robert G. BoatrightAnn Arbor University of Michigan Pressc20111 online resource (261 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-05144-X Includes bibliographical references 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 groupsCanadaCampaign fundsCampaign fundsPressure groupsPressure groups324.7/80973Boatright Robert G1150321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807914603321Interest groups and campaign finance reform in the United States and Canada4011740UNINA