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Lisa Young - Money, Politics, and Democracy: Canada’s Party Finance Reforms - 9780774818926 - V9780774818926
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Money, Politics, and Democracy: Canada’s Party Finance Reforms

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Description for Money, Politics, and Democracy: Canada’s Party Finance Reforms Paperback. This revealing volume examines the role of party finance reforms in shaping a period, since 2004, of political instability and successive minority governments in Canada. Editor(s): Young, Lisa; Jansen, Harold J. Num Pages: 236 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 555.

In 2004, Jean Chrétien’s Liberals banned unions andcorporations from contributing financially to political parties. In2008, opposition leaders were prepared to defeat the Conservativegovernment over its proposal to eliminate public subsidies toparties.

In Money, Politics, and Democracy, Lisa Young and HaroldJansen lead a distinguished group of political scientists in exploringthe issues that led to the showdown. Are publicly funded partiescompatible with democracy? What effect have campaign finance reformshad on the balance of power between parties and donors, on therelationship between national parties and local organizations, onelectoral competition? This timely volume reveals that the financialcentre of gravity for political parties is shifting ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774818926
SKU
V9780774818926
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1

About Lisa Young
Lisa Young is a professor of political science atthe University of Calgary. Harold J. Jansen is anassociate professor of political science at the University ofLethbridge. Contributors: André Blais, Robert G. Boatright,David Coletto, William Cross, John Crysler, Munroe Eagles, JustinFisher, Richard S. Katz, Peter John Loewen, F. Leslie Seidle

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