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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.1/323
• Soggetto topico: Political corruption; Political corruption - Prevention; Campaign funds; Political parties
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MendilowJonathan
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Money, corruption, and political competition in established and emerging democracies
• ISBN: 1-283-63918-1; 0-7391-7076-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462512803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II