In 2004, Jean Chretien's Liberals banned corporations and unions
from funding political parties. In 2008, opposition leaders were
prepared to defeat the Conservative government over its proposal to
eliminate public subsidies to political parties.
In Money, Politics, and Democracy, Lisa Young and Harold Jansen
lead a distinguished group of political scientists in exploring the
issues that led to the dramatic showdown. Are publicly funded
parties compatible with the basic tenets of democracy? What effect
have party finance reforms had on the balance of power between
parties and donors, on the relationship between national parties
and local organizations, on electoral competition? This timely
volume reveals that the financial centre of gravity for political
parties is shifting between national and local organizations as
individual donors replace unions and corporations. To ensure their
financial survival, parties must now maximize their numbers of
seats and votes.
The first comprehensive study of modern campaign finance
reforms in Canada, Money, Politics, and Democracy suggests that
campaign finance reforms have shaped party organization and
electoral competition, contributing to successive minority
governments."
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