Money, Corruption, and Political Competition in Established and Emerging Democracies

Jonathan Mendilow is professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rider University.

Money, Corruption, and Competition in Established and Emerging Democracies, edited by Jonathan Mendilow, investigates the effectiveness of public subsidization of political competition as an anti-corruption mechanism. Can it substitute practices corrosive to democracy, such as plutocratic funding, or the outright "sale" of public policy? What does the long term experience with public funding in established democracies tell us about hidden "costs " and unforeseen consequences, especially in emerging democracies? In a politically divisive climate, the contributors to this essential collection provide thoughtful insight to contemporary public and economic policy questions.

Prefaceby Michael Pinto-DuchinskyChapter 1. Introduction: Political Finance, Corruption, and the Future of Democracyby Jonathan MendilowChapter 2. Do Parties Spend Too Much?by Manuela S. Kulick and Karl-Heinz NassmacherChapter 3. Parties as Competitive Public Utilities?: The Impact of the Regulatory System of Political Financing on the Party System in Franceby Lou BrenezChapter 4. Campaign Financing and Politicians' Careers: A Dynamic Perspectiveby Abel François, Eric Phélippeau, and Pascal RagouetChapter 5. The MSG Effects of Public Campaign Fundingby Jonathan Mendilow and Michael BroganChapter 6. Political Finance, Urban Development, and Political Corruption in SpainFernando Jiménez and Manuel VilloriaChapter 7. Can Public Funding Overcome Corruption?: A View from the Phillipinesby Vicente ReyesChapter 8. Politics of Exclusion: Public Party Funding and Electoral Corruption in Zimbabweby Dombo SylvesterChapter 9. Overcoming Electoral Corruption: The Case of Bangladeshby Golam Mostafa and Shahjahan Bhuiyan