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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boatright, Robert G.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds--United States.

Campaign funds.

Pressure groups.

United States.

Campaign funds--Canada.

Pressure groups--United States.

Pressure groups--Canada.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In the early 2000s, the United States and Canada implemented new campaign finance laws restricting the ability of interest groups to make political contributions and to engage in political advertising. Whereas both nations' legislative reforms sought to reduce the role of interest groups in campaigns, these laws have had opposite results in the two nations. In the United States, interest groups remained influential by developing broad coalitions aimed at mobilizing individual voters and contributors. In Canada, interest groups largely withdrew from election campaigns, and, thus, important voices in elections have gone silent. Robert G. Boatright explains such disparate results by placing campaign finance reforms in the context of ongoing political and technological changes. Robert G. Boatright is Associate Professor of Political Science at Clark University. Cover photo: © iStockphoto.com / alfabravoalpharomeo

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472071449

0472071440

9780472051441

047205144X

9780472026753

0472026755

Publisher Number:

10.3998/mpub.2485161

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.