Comparative Political Finance Among The Democracies

Author : Herbert E. Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429723482
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Political Finance Among The Democracies written by Herbert E. Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an in-depth exploration of political finances in and among mature and developing democracies of the world of politics in most continents: Japan and South Korea in Asia; Brazil in South America; Mexico and the United States in North America; and Italy, Germany, and Spain in Europe.

Author : Herbert E. Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367016814
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Political Finance Among the Democracies written by Herbert E. Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an in-depth exploration of comparative political finances in and among mature and developing democracies of the world. It presents a conceptual framework that enables the reader to understand the context and implications of funding sources, campaign expenditures, and regulatory systems.

Author : Herbert E. Alexander
Publisher : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Company
ISBN 13 : 9783789073403
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations for Democracy written by Herbert E. Alexander and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term "foundation" indicates the natural base on which a certain structure rests as well as an institution designed to support something useful. Both connotations apply to the contents of this book. Political finance deals with the "mother's milk of politics" and focuses on key issues of democracy. The use of money as a political resource confronts the unequal distribution of wealth in modern societies with the democratic principle. Part A of the volume presents comparative analyses of political income and expenditure in Western Democracies, Japan and Israel. Part B deals with major impacts and the work of political finance regimes, e.g. on participation, linkage and controls of political spending. Part C discusses whether the western model of democracy can provide an adequate orientation for the consolidation of democracies in India, Latin America and East Central Europe and presents efforts to strengthen democracy by means of foundations. Part D contains an extensive Bibliography on Political Finance. The editor is Professor for Political Science at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany. He has chaired the IPSA Research Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption from 1994 to 2000.

Author : Pippa Norris
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190603615
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Checkbook Elections? written by Pippa Norris and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Electoral Integrity Project: why elections fail and what we can do about it."

Author : Herbert E. Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521364647
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Political Finance in the 1980s written by Herbert E. Alexander and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-08-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the problems common to democracies seeking to regulate uses of money in election campaigns and, to a lesser extent, considers the role of public funding.

Author : Kevin Casas-Zamora
Publisher : ECPR Press
ISBN 13 : 0954796632
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paying for Democracy written by Kevin Casas-Zamora and published by ECPR Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text covers political finance systems and direct state funding in Costa Rica and Uraguay as well as state funding and campaign finance practices in those countries.

Author : Peter J. Burnell
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412806003
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funding Democratization written by Peter J. Burnell and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy is a fine political system, but an expensive economic venture. Political parties and election campaigns cost money. Where does the money come from and at what sacrifice? Issues connected with political finance are significant but often neglected aspects of the process of democratization. Funding Democratization examines how money and politics interact in emerging democracies. The contributors investigate the funding of political parties in early North America, financial uncertainties of party formation in European countries, funding of democratization in new democracies, and the influence of funding on contenders for power. They also address the nature of political competition in countries that are seeking to embrace, often for the first time, the rules of democracy. They question in what ways politicians can help make democracy affordable. The volume compares important democratizing countries, such as Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Spain, and the regions of East Asia and East/Central Europe. It also investigates the lessons that emerging democracies can learn from the history of political finance in today's more established democracies. Funding Democratization will be of interest to political scientists and specialists in international social and political development. Peter Burnell studied economics and politics at the University of Bristol before going on to complete his graduate studies with a dissertion on "The Political and Social Thought of Thomas Paine, 1737-1809," both at the University of Warwick. He is the founding joint editor of the journal Democratization and the accompanying book series Democratization Studies. Alan Ware is a professor of politics and a tutorial fellow in politics at Worcester College, Oxford University. His research interests include U.S. politics and comparative government.

Author : Devesh Kapur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019909313X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Costs of Democracy written by Devesh Kapur and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most troubling critiques of contemporary democracy is the inability of representative governments to regulate the deluge of money in politics. If it is impossible to conceive of democracies without elections, it is equally impractical to imagine elections without money. Costs of Democracy is an exhaustive, ground-breaking study of money in Indian politics that opens readers’ eyes to the opaque and enigmatic ways in which money flows through the political veins of the world’s largest democracy. Through original, in-depth investigation—drawing from extensive fieldwork on political campaigns, pioneering surveys, and innovative data analysis—the contributors in this volume uncover the institutional and regulatory contexts governing the torrent of money in politics; the sources of political finance; the reasons for such large spending; and how money flows, influences, and interacts with different tiers of government. The book raises uncomfortable questions about whether the flood of money risks washing away electoral democracy itself.

Author : Julia Cagé
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067424611X
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Price of Democracy written by Julia Cagé and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why and how systems of political financing and representation in Europe and North America give outsized influence to the wealthy and undermine democracy, and what we can do about it. One person, one vote. In theory, everyone in a democracy has equal power to decide elections. But it’s hardly news that, in reality, political outcomes are heavily determined by the logic of one dollar, one vote. We take the political power of money for granted. But does it have to be this way? In The Price of Democracy, Julia Cagé combines economic and historical analysis with political theory to show how profoundly our systems in North America and Europe, from think tanks and the media to election campaigns, are shaped by money. She proposes fundamental reforms to bring democracy back into line with its egalitarian promise. Cagé shows how different countries have tried to develop legislation to curb the power of private money and to develop public systems to fund campaigns and parties. But these attempts have been incoherent and unsystematic. She demonstrates that it is possible to learn from these experiments in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to design a better system that would increase political participation and trust. This would involve setting a strict cap on private donations and creating a public voucher system to give each voter an equal amount to spend in support of political parties. More radically, Cagé argues that a significant fraction of seats in parliamentary assemblies should be set aside for representatives from disadvantaged socioeconomic groups. At a time of widespread political disenchantment, The Price of Democracy is a bracing reminder of the problems we face and an inspirational guide to the potential for reform.

Author : F. Leslie Seidle
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 9781550021004
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Issues in Party and Election Finance written by F. Leslie Seidle and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of 23 volumes of research commissioned by the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing, and one of five volumes within this series dealing specifically with party and election finance. Because the issue of money in elections is as old as democracy, the experience of other countries is instructive. The studies in this volume offer Canadians information about approaches to funding political parties and elections in the United States and Western Europe. The studies by Herbert Alexander and Robert Mutch exmaine how the United States has approached issues such as contribution limits and the disclosure of election finances. The latter study provides explicit comparisons to Canada, noting the constitutional roleof the Supreme Court in each country. Jane Jenson draws on Western European experience to propose and assess reforms for the public funding for party foundations is documented by Michael Pinto-Duschinsky. The studies approach theirm aterial from a historical perspective, noting the uniqueness of the constitutions, institutions, and traditions of the countries reviewed. The authors provide background essential to any consideration of whether foreign experience might serve as a model for Canada.