Political Parties and Elections: Legislating for Representative Democracy

by Anika Gauja, David Schultz

Overview

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which advanced industrial democracies - specifically the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - seek to regulate the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Utilizing an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, author Anika Gauja surveys electoral law and ancillary legislation to analyze the case law that guides the interpretation of this legislation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409497271
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Series:	Election Law, Politics, and Theory
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Anika Gauja is a Lecturer in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia and holds degrees in Economics and Law from the University of Sydney and a PhD in Politics from Cambridge University, UK. She is the co-author of Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics (Allen and Unwin, 2009).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Public Law, Political Parties and Representative Democracy: A Framework for Comparative Analysis; Chapter 2 Political Parties and Constitutions; Chapter 3 The Gradual Legal Recognition of Political Parties; Chapter 4 Requirements for Party Registration and Internal Organization; Chapter 5 Regulating Party Candidate Selection Contests; Chapter 6 Parties and the Conduct of Elections; Chapter 7 The Public Funding of Election Campaigns and Political Parties; Chapter 8 The Private Funding of Election Campaigns: Regulating Political Donations and Expenditures; Chapter 9 Parties in Parliament: The Independence of the Legislature; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

'This is a book that needed to be written. The law in many countries is beginning to catch up with the reality that political parties dominate electoral politics and governance generally. As Anika Gauja ably shows, the regulatory choices taken in response to that fact have important implications for democracy generally.' Andrew Geddis, University of Otago, New Zealand 'This deep and timely work of comparative analysis combines political science learning and legal know-how. Gauja deftly charts the symbiotic relationship of political parties and the regulatory regimes governing them. This book will be of value to anyone interested in the roles played by parties, even outside the common law countries on which it focuses.' Graeme Orr, University of Queensland, Australia

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