Money, Parties, and Democracy

Matteo Bonotti is an Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Monash University in Melbourne. His research interests include democratic theory, political liberalism and public reason, linguistic justice, free speech and civility, and food justice. His work has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, and Political Studies. He is the author of Partisanship and Political Liberalism in Diverse Societies (OUP, 2017) and the co-author of Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy: A Public Reason Approach (OUP, 2022).Zim Nwokora is an Associate Professor of Politics and Policy Studies at Deakin University in Melbourne. He is a comparative political scientist whose research examines theoretical and empirical questions about political party systems, constitutional structures, democracy, and political finance. His work has appeared in journals such as the Australian Journal of Political Science, the Australian Journal of Politics and History, the British Journal of Political Science, Governance, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, Party Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and Political Studies. His research has been discussed in media outlets such as ABC Radio, BBC World Service, and The Conversation.

• List of Figure List of Tables Introduction 1: The Normative Theory of Partisanship 2: Concentrated Party Systems and the Normative Theory of Partisanship 3: Multiparty Systems and the Normative Theory of Partisanship 4: Political Finance Models and the Normative Theory of Partisanship: Towards a Civic Model 5: Contextualizing the Civic Model of Political Finance 6: Applying the Framework in Practice References Index