Public Party Financing and Democracy

It is time people read a few books on the subject before they mouth off. Stephen Harper is hoping people have forgotten how to read or cannot remember why Public Party Financing was introduced.

Lets start with this book

Corruption and democracy: Political finances - conflicts of interest - lobbying - justice (2008)
Author(s)

Alexander Seger, Drago Kos, Alvis Vilks, Ömer Faruk Gençkaya, Manuel Villoria Mendieta, Alan Doig, Siim Kallas, Rogier Chorus, William Dinan, David Miller, Pim Albers, Nihal Jayawickrama
ISBN 978-92-871-6355-4
Format : 16 x 24 cm
No. of pages : 220
Price : € 28 / US$ 42

This title is available in PDF.
ISBN : 978-92-871-6355-4PDF
Weight : 1364 Ko
Price : € 19 / US$ 29

Synopsis

Political corruption is an important challenge that democracies in Europe are confronted with. It contributes to the decline of citizens’ trust and confidence in democracy and weakens democratic principles and processes. Key areas of concern include:
- Political finances
- Conflicts of interest
- Lobbying
- Undue influence on the justice system.

This book contains contributions on each of these topics. They identity risks that corruption poses to the future of democracy in Europe, and they propose a wide range of measures for action which are not only aimed at preventing political corruption and enhancing transparency and accountability but also at rebuilding confidence in democracy.

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