The Funding of Political Parties Where Now 1st Edition by Keith Ewing ISBN 0415580013 9780415580014

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ISBN 10: 0415580013 
ISBN 13: 9780415580014
Author: Keith Ewing

The Funding of Political Parties Where Now 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction
The Problem of Party Funding
Addressing the Problem
Methods of Regulation
Structure of the Book
Contributions
Expenditures
The Role of other Actors
Lessons From other Countries
Party Funding and Party Regulation
Conclusion

Part I The Role of Contribution Caps
2 Institutional Donations to Political Parties
Institutional Funding of Political Parties
Institutional Donations in a Reformed System of Party Funding
Legal Categories and Controls
Companies
Trade unions
Unincorporated Associations
Charities
Options for Reform
Conclusion
Notes

3 Contribution Limits A case for exempting trade union affiliation fees1
Trade Union Contributions to Political Parties
An Exemption for Membership Fees (Including Union Affiliation Fees)
The Anomalies of Banning Organisational Membership Fees
A Ban on Organisational Membership Fees: Misdirected at ‘Trade Union Bosses’
Unjustified Limitation of Freedom of Political Association
Re-Emphasising the Scope of the Argument
The Imperative of Internal Accountability
Concluding Thoughts
Notes

4 The Trade Union Question in British Political Funding
Introduction
The Legal Framework
Trade Union Political Objects
Trade Union Political Funds
Trade Unions and the Labour Party
Trade Unions and Election Expenditure
Proposals for Further Regulation
Conclusion
Notes

Part II The Role of Spending Limits
5 The Role of Spending Controls New Electoral Actors and New Campaign Techniques
Introduction
National Spending by Political Parties
National Spending by Third Parties
New Actors
New Actors and new Methods: Online Campaigning
Conclusion
Notes

6 Local Parties, Local Money and Local Campaigns Regulation Issues
The Regulation of Local Spending Pre-2000
Local Spending nd Election Outcomes
Assessing a Local Campaign’s Impact
The Financial Health of Local Parties
Regulating Local Expenditure?
Conclusions
Notes

7 Legal Regulation and Political Activity at the Local Level in Britain
Introduction
Trends in Constituency Campaigning
The Electoral Impact
Regulation and Realism
Conclusions
Notes

Part III The Role of Other Actors
8 The Press The media and the ‘Rupert Murdoch problem’
What is the ‘Rupert Murdoch Problem’ (and What to do About it)?
Restrictions on Media Monopolies
Fairness of Access Provisions
Mandating Impartiality in Programme Content
Addressing the Rupert Murdoch Problem in the United Kingdom and New Zealand
Restrictions on Media Monopolies
The United Kingdom
New Zealand
Fairness of Access Provisions
The United Kingdom
New Zealand
Mandating ‘Impartiality’ in Programme Content
The United Kingdom
New Zealand
Conclusion
Notes

9 The Regulator The first decade of the Electoral Commission
International Legal Standards
The Electoral Commission – ‘Incompetent, Dysfunctional and Politically Unworldly’?13
Functions
Travails and Reform
Party Funding Scandals and the Responses of the Commission
‘Cash For Honours’
The Thoughtless Think-Tank and Mr Peter Hain Mp
Proxy Donations and Mr David Abrahams
Conclusion
Notes

10 The Courts Legal Challenges to Political Finance and Election Laws
A Triumph for Free Speech Rights? Campaign Finance and Advertising in the Usa
Free Speech Values and the Democratic Process
A Political Decision
Regulation During the Formal ‘Election Period’
The United Kingdom’s Regulation on Broadcasting
Broadcasting Regulation and the Judiciary
The Strasbourg Jurisprudence
Conclusion
Notes

Part IV Lessons from Abroad
11 State Intervention in Party Politics The Public Funding and Regulation of Political Parties1
Introduction
Political Parties and the State
The Regulation of Parties
State Funding of Parties
Conclusion
Notes

12 Canadian Political Finance Regulation and Jurisprudence
Introduction
Political Finance Regulation In Canada
Origins of Political Finance Regulation3
Current Framework of Political Finance Regulation11
Constitutional Challenges to Political Finance Regulation
The Canadian Constitution
Third Party Spending Limits
Broadcasting
Public Funding
Emerging Issues in Canadian Political Finance
Regulation Of The ‘Election Period’
The Constitutionality of Contribution Limits and Spending Limits
Conclusion
Notes

13 The Transformation of the Campaign Financing Regime for US Presidential Elections
The Transformation3
The Rules
The Demise in Presidential Public Financing
The Rise Of Bundling And Micro-Donors
Bundling.
Micro-Donations and Micro-Donors.
The Decline in Party ‘Soft Money’ and Unregulated Issue Advocacy, and Spending
The Rise of ‘527 Organisations’, and the Future of Independent Political Committees
Explaining the Transformation
A Normative Evaluation of the Transformation
Corruption.
Sale of Access.
Political Equality.
Political Parties.
Conclusion
Postscript
Notes

Part V State Funding and Party Autonomy
14 Justifications for Regulating Party Affairs Competition not public funding
Overview
The Role of Parties and Electoral Regulation
Public Funding as an Argument for Party Regulation
Justiciability of Party Affairs
Court Oversight of Party Constitutions
Justiciability and Anti-Discrimination Law
The Proper Purposes of Public Funding

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