Lexington Books
Pages: 228
Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-0-7391-7075-5 • Hardback • September 2012 • $128.00 • (£98.00)
978-0-7391-7076-2 • eBook • September 2012 • $121.50 • (£94.00)
Jonathan Mendilow is professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rider University.
Preface
by Michael Pinto-Duchinsky
Chapter 1. Introduction: Political Finance, Corruption, and the Future of Democracy
by Jonathan Mendilow
Chapter 2. Do Parties Spend Too Much?
by Manuela S. Kulick and Karl-Heinz Nassmacher
Chapter 3. Parties as Competitive Public Utilities?: The Impact of the Regulatory System of Political Financing on the Party System in France
by Lou Brenez
Chapter 4. Campaign Financing and Politicians' Careers: A Dynamic Perspective
by Abel François, Eric Phélippeau, and Pascal Ragouet
Chapter 5. The MSG Effects of Public Campaign Funding
by Jonathan Mendilow and Michael Brogan
Chapter 6. Political Finance, Urban Development, and Political Corruption in Spain
Fernando Jiménez and Manuel Villoria
Chapter 7. Can Public Funding Overcome Corruption?: A View from the Phillipines
by Vicente Reyes
Chapter 8. Politics of Exclusion: Public Party Funding and Electoral Corruption in Zimbabwe
by Dombo Sylvester
Chapter 9. Overcoming Electoral Corruption: The Case of Bangladesh
by Golam Mostafa and Shahjahan Bhuiyan
A carefully edited, comprehensive volume on finance and corruption in both democracies and democratizing countries. This volume represents the 'state of the field' in an area that is increasingly important: corruption and its perception in contemporary politics. This book should be used as an agenda-setting instrument, strengthening democratic institutions all over the world.
— Ilan Peleg, Lafayette College
This unique book provides a comparative perspective on critical controversies in party funding—the effects of public funding, candidates' reactions, and more. Its broad range covers nations from the United States to Spain to Bangladesh to Zimbabwe, with a format that draws together the lessons from all of these areas. This text is sure to become a classic in comparative political analysis and party funding.
— Frank Louis Rusciano, Rider University