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

• Autore: Boatright Robert G
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, MI, USA, : University of Michigan Press, ©2011; University of Michigan Press
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 pages)
• Disciplina: 324.780973
• Soggetto topico: Campaign funds - United States; Campaign funds - Canada; Pressure groups - United States; Pressure groups - Canada; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Political Process / Political Advocacy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Interest groups and campaign finance reform in the United States and Canada
• ISBN: 1-283-04445-5; 9786613044457; 0-472-02675-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789839603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II