59: Political financing and political corruption

Party funding regulation (PFR) has been primarily understood as an anti-corruption tool aimed at protecting political actors from undue corrupt influence linked to undesirable sources and amounts of party and campaign financing. Looking at the different regulatory dimensions of political financing,...

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Autors principals: Lipcean, Sergiu, Casal Bértoa, Fernando
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description Party funding regulation (PFR) has been primarily understood as an anti-corruption tool aimed at protecting political actors from undue corrupt influence linked to undesirable sources and amounts of party and campaign financing. Looking at the different regulatory dimensions of political financing, including direct and indirect public funding, private funding, party and electoral spending, transparency and control (oversight and enforcement), this entry analyses how these legal provisions are expected to mitigate political corruption. After examining the scholarship on the linkage between PFR design and political corruption, we conclude that the effect of regulations on deterring political corruption, in line with normative expectations, is more limited than initially theorised. Not only have donation bans/caps been found to be ineffective in combating political corruption, but also research linking public funding or spending restrictions and political corruption presents inconclusive results. Similarly, stricter transparency and control rules were found, more often than not, to have a limited impact on curbing political corruption. However, these contradictory findings may be the result of suboptimal conceptualisation and operationalisation of PFR.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1385782024-06-03T12:15:39Z 59: Political financing and political corruption Lipcean, Sergiu Casal Bértoa, Fernando Political financing regulation; Political corruption; State subsidies; Political parties; Oversight; Campaign spending JPZ Party funding regulation (PFR) has been primarily understood as an anti-corruption tool aimed at protecting political actors from undue corrupt influence linked to undesirable sources and amounts of party and campaign financing. Looking at the different regulatory dimensions of political financing, including direct and indirect public funding, private funding, party and electoral spending, transparency and control (oversight and enforcement), this entry analyses how these legal provisions are expected to mitigate political corruption. After examining the scholarship on the linkage between PFR design and political corruption, we conclude that the effect of regulations on deterring political corruption, in line with normative expectations, is more limited than initially theorised. Not only have donation bans/caps been found to be ineffective in combating political corruption, but also research linking public funding or spending restrictions and political corruption presents inconclusive results. Similarly, stricter transparency and control rules were found, more often than not, to have a limited impact on curbing political corruption. However, these contradictory findings may be the result of suboptimal conceptualisation and operationalisation of PFR. Published 2024-06-03T12:15:28Z 2024-06-03T12:15:28Z 2024-05-02 chapter 9781803925806 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/138578 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar-encyclopedia-of-corruption-and-society-9781803925790.html https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781803925806/ch59.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781803925806.ch59 10.4337/9781803925806.ch59 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781803925806 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access
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