Party and election finance in Britain and America: A comparative analysis

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-88+2

  Grant, Alan ^a  

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EID: 11944255691     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsi007     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. The Electoral Commission, 'Election 2001: Campaign Spending', November 2002.
2. Figures for US elections are drawn from Federal Election Commission sources accessible at www.fec.gov.
3. J. Fisher, 'Party Finance: New Rules-Same Old Story?', Politics Review, April 2003.
4. The Electoral Commission, 'The Funding of Political Parties: Background Paper', May 2003, p. 16.
5. The Electoral Commission, November 2002, op. cit.
6. The Electoral Commission, 'Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000: Recommendations for Change', June 2003.
7. In the case of Bowman v. UK an anti-abortion campaigner was prosecuted for exceeding the £5 limit on spending; the European Court of Human Rights found in her favour, saying that her rights of free expression had been infringed and the law was subsequently changed to allow such campaigns to spend up to £500 at constituency level.
8. T. Baldwin, 'Party Donations May Be Capped', The Times, 15.6.01.
9. The Electoral Commission, May 2003, op. cit.
10. For the background to US campaign finance legislation see A. Grant, 'The Politics of American Campaign Finance', Parliamentary Affairs, April 1998, and 'Reforming American Campaign Finance', Political Quarterly, April-June 2004.
11. For the background to US campaign finance legislation see A. Grant, 'The Politics of American Campaign Finance', Parliamentary Affairs, April 1998, and 'Reforming American Campaign Finance', Political Quarterly, April-June 2004.
12. A. Grant, 'Election Campaign Funding Reform and Judicial Review in the United States', Public Law, Autumn 2004.
13. J. Fisher, 'Next Step: State Funding for Political Parties?', Political Quarterly, October-December 2002, p. 397.
14. J. Fisher, ibid., p. 396.
15. The Electoral Commission, May 2003, op. cit., p. 18.
16. MORI poll for the Electoral Commission, 'Attitudes to Voting and the Political Process in 2003', August 2003.
17. The report on the future funding of political parties, scheduled for publication end 2004, can be accessed, as can the Electoral Commission's other papers, at www.electoralcommission.org.uk.