British political finance, 1830-1980 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinto-Duschinsky, Michael, 1943- (Author)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Washington ; London : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, [1981]
Series:Studies in political and social processes.
AEI's At the polls studies.
AEI studies ; 330.
American Enterprise Institute library.
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Online Access:HeinOnline American Enterprise Institute Library
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The aristocratic era (to 1883)
  • 2. The plutocratic era (1883-1922) : Central party spending ; Constituency finances ; The plutocratic pattern
  • 3. The challenge of labour (1900-1939) : Note: the labour party and the lobour movement
  • 4. Responses to labour (1918-1939) : The unchanging liberals ; The conservative response ; Note: Lloyd George's political fund ; Note: the national publicity bureau (npb)
  • 5. Conservative party finances (1945-1979) : Central party finances, 1950-1979/1980 ; Conservative constituency finance ; The modern pattern ; Central dependence upon constituency finance ; Recent developments
  • 6. Labour party finances (1945-1979) : Central labour party finances, 1940-1979 ; Local labour finance ; The pattern of labour finance ; Recent trends
  • 7. Liberal party finances (1945-1979) : Why the published liberal party accounts are potentially misleading ; Potentially misleading ; Central liberal finances, 1949-1979 ; Liberal constituency finance ; The pattern of liberal finance ; Recent trends
  • 8. Trade union versus company donations : Trade union political levy funds ; Company donations to the conservative party ; Union versus company donations ; Personal payments to members of parliament
  • 9. Regulating political finance: British style : Expense limits for parliamentary elections ; Restrictions on types of political expenditure ; Disclosure requirements ; Regulations or prohibitions against political payments from certain sources ; Cash subsidies to candidates and/ or parties ; Indirect subsidies ; Subsidies-in-kind ; Assessment
  • 10. Reforms : Should political parties receive cash subventions from the public treasury? ; The real abuses.