Financing Referendum Campaigns

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 9
Notes on the Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 16
2 Campaign Spending and Ballot Measures......Page 24
3 Regulating Campaign Finance in Canadian Referendums and Initiatives......Page 38
4 US States......Page 54
5 Campaign Financing in Danish Referendums......Page 77
6 Financing Referendums and Initiatives in the Baltic States......Page 96
7 The Financing of Referendum Campaigns in France......Page 122
8 Referendums and Spending in Ireland......Page 131
9 Financing Referendum Campaigns in Italy: How Abrogative Referendum Can Regulate Electoral Financing......Page 146
10 Financing Referendum Campaigns in Spain......Page 160
11 Referendum Campaign Regulations in Switzerland......Page 180
12 Sledgehammers and Nuts? Regulating Referendums in the UK......Page 195
13 Referendum Campaign Regulations in Europe and Latin America......Page 216
14 Conclusion......Page 244
C......Page 249
D......Page 250
F......Page 251
L......Page 252
P......Page 253
R......Page 254
S......Page 255
Z......Page 256