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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462512803321

Titolo

Money, corruption, and political competition in established and emerging democracies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jonathan Mendilow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-63918-1

0-7391-7076-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MendilowJonathan

Disciplina

364.1/323

Soggetti

Political corruption

Political corruption - Prevention

Campaign funds

Political parties

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Money, Corruption, and Political Competition in Established and Emerging Democracies; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Political Finance, Corruption, and the Futureof Democracy; 2 Do Parties Spend Too Much?; 3 Parties as Competitive Public Utilities? The Impact of the Regulatory System of Political Financing on the Party System in France; 4 Campaign Financing and Politicians' Careers: A Dynamic Perspective; 5 The MSG Effects of Public Campaign Funding; 6 Political Finance, Urban Development, and Political Corruption in Spain

7 Can Public Funding Overcome Corruption? A View from the Philippines8 Politics of Exclusion: Public Party Funding and Electoral Corruption in Zimbabwe; 9 Overcoming Electoral Corruption: The Case of Bangladesh; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Money, Corruption, and Competition in Established and Emerging Democracies, edited by Jonathan Mendilow, investigates the effectiveness of public subsidization of political competition as an anti-corruption mechanism. Can it substitute practices corrosive to democracy, such as plutocratic funding, or the outright "sale" of public



policy? What does the long term experience with public funding in established democracies tell us about hidden "costs " and unforeseen consequences, especially in emerging democracies? In a politically divisi