Campaign and Party Finance in North America and Western Europe

by Gunlicks, Arthur B.

• ISBN13: 9780813382906
• ISBN10: 0813382904
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Like some others who have written on the subject of campaign and party finance, I believe that information about policies and practices regarding public financing abroad can help Americans develop their own ideas about reform possibilities. This book should encourage readers to become more attentive to alternatives to American practices and to think about changes that would be both desirable and feasible. In reading about political finance in other countries, however, it is important to realize that this term takes on different meanings in different countries. In North America it really means campaign and candidate finance, while in Europe it is more likely to mean party finance. This is a reflection both of the stronger political parties in Europe and the candidate orientation of American politics. These differences must not be ignored when one ponders the possibilities of transferring ideas and practices from one country to another.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Political Finance in Comparative Perspective
Introduction	p. 3
Political Finance in North America
The High Finance of American Politics: Campaign Spending and Reform in Federal Elections	p. 17
Campaign and Party Finance in the American States	p. 41
Financing Federal Politics in Canada in an Era of Reform	p. 68
Political Finance in Western Europe
Great Britain: Twentieth Century Parties Operating Under Nineteenth Century Regulations	p. 123
The New French System of Political Finance	p. 155
Financing Parties and Elections in Small European Democracies: Austria and Sweden	p. 178
Campaign and Party Finance in Germany	p. 201
Problems of Party and Campaign Financing in Germany and the United States--Some Comparative Reflections	p. 219
Political Finance on the Research Agenda in Comparative Politics
Comparing Party and Campaign Finance in Western Democracies	p. 233
About the Contributors	p. 268
Index	p. 270
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