The financing of politics : Latin American and European perspectives / edited by Carlos Malamud and Eduardo Posada-Carbó.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malamud, Carlos.

Posada Carbó, Eduardo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds--Europe.

Campaign funds.

Campaign funds--Latin America.

Campaign funds--Cross-cultural studies.

Latin America.

Europe.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Institute for the Study of the Americas, [2005?]

Summary:

This volume stresses the need for a comparative approach when dealing with the funding of party politics and a major related aspect - corruption. It's a topic that lies at the heart of any realistic discussion of the logic of democratic representation. Corruption, or the perception of corruption, has led to an ever-increasing concern with political financing. In some cases the trend is toward a greater role for the state in financing political parties, in others the reverse is true. In this collection the individual experiences of several Latin American countries (including Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela) are examined against the background of Western Europe, with a view to identifying similarities as well as differences. Given the centrality of political parties to liberal democracies, this subject is of great significance.

Contents:

Money and party politics in modern market democracies / Laurence Whithead

Political corruption and economic ethics: a view from a Latin European perspective / Emilio Lamo de Espinosa

The funding of political parties and election campaigns: the experience from Western Europe / Michael Pinto-Duschinsky

Party finance, corruption and scandal: commonalities and contrasts in southern Europe / Véronique Pujas and Martin Rhodes

Financing party politics in Britain / Justin Fisher

Financing politics in Colombia / Fernando Cepeda Ulloa

Finacing politics in Venezuela / Diego Bautista Urbaneja and Angel Eduardo Alvarez

Coping with opacity: the financing of politics in Chile / Manuel Antonio Garretón

State funding and campaign finance practices in Uruguay / Kevin Casas-Zamora.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Financing of politics.

ISBN:

1900039648

9781900039642

1900039591

9781900039598

OCLC:

58999744