The Funding of Political Parties : Where Now? (Hardcover)

List of Contributors  1. Introduction K.D. Ewing, Jacob Rowbottom and Joo Cheong Tham  Part 1: The Role of Contribution Caps  2. The Role of Institutional Donations Jacob Rowbottom  3. The Trade Union Question in British Political Funding K.D. Ewing  4. A Case Against Uniform Contribution Limits Joo Cheong Tham  Part 2: The Role of Spending Limits  5. Spending Controls: New Campaign Actors and New Regulatory Techniques K.D. Ewing and Jacob Rowbottom  6. Local Parties, Local Money and Local Campaigns Ron Johnson and Charles Pattie  7. Legal Regulation and Political Activity at Local Level in Britain Justin Fisher  Part 3: The Role of Other Actors  8. The Press: The Media and the ‘Rupert Murdoch problem’ Andrew Geddis  9. The Regulator: The First Decade of the Electoral Commission Navraj Ghaleigh  10. The Courts: Legal Challenges to Political Finance and Election Laws Stephanie Palmer  Part 4: Lessons from Abroad  11. State Intervention in Party Politics: The Public Funding and Regulation of Political Parties Ingrid Van Biezen  12. Canadian Political Finance Regulation and Jurisprudence Colin Feasby  13. The Transformation of the US Campaign Finance System in Presidential Elections Rick Hasen  Part 5: State Funding and Party Autonomy  14. Justifications for Regulating Party Affairs: Competition not Public Funding Graeme Orr