The pocket and the urn: political financing in comparative perspective / O bolso e a urna: financiamento político em perspectiva comparada

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Within the ample theme of political finance, this dissertation aims to explain the emergence, dissemination and the effects of public or state financing of political parties and campaigns. One of the main findings of this dissertation is that models of political financing vary according to electoral systems. In majoritarian system countries there is a tendency towards the adoption of a purely private model of political financing, whereas it can be said that public financing is a feature of proportional system countries given its prevalence in such countries in early 21st century. Furthermore, types of public financing also vary according to electoral systems: proportional countries tend to utilize allocation criteria on the basis of a previous moment, leading to a perpetuation of the party system status quo ante. When there is public financing in majoritarian countries, the allocation criteria are usually based on present time, which has a less pronounced effect on electoral competition. These findings support the hypothesis that public financing is adopted in proportional countries as an instrument to achieve a restrictive effect on the electoral market, benefiting more established parties.

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financiamento público political parties public financing political financing financiamento político partidos políticos financiamento de campanha financiamento partidário state financing party finance campaign financing

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