Interest Groups and Campaign Finance Reform in the United States and Canada

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Elections
Cover of the book Interest Groups and Campaign Finance Reform in the United States and Canada by Robert G Boatright, University of Michigan Press
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Author: Robert G Boatright ISBN: 9780472026753
Publisher: University of Michigan Press Publication: March 15, 2011
Imprint: University of Michigan Press Language: English
Author: Robert G Boatright
ISBN: 9780472026753
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication: March 15, 2011
Imprint: University of Michigan Press
Language: English

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

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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

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