Political Finance Reforms: How to respond to today’s policy challenges?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukihiko Hamada ◽  
Khushbu Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Political Finance ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Transparency And Accountability

Money is a necessary component of any democracy: it enables political participation, campaigning and representation. However, if it is not effectively regulated, it can undermine the integrity of political processes and institutions, and jeopardize the quality of democracy. Therefore, regulations related to the funding of political parties and election campaigns, commonly known as political finance, are a critical way to promote integrity, transparency and accountability in any democracy. Political finance regulations must adapt and adjust to political, economic and societal changes. This report contributes to the discussion of the future of political finance by exploring the following trends, opportunities and challenges related to money in politics that need to be taken into consideration when improving political finance systems: • mainstreaming political finance regulations into an overall anti-corruption framework; • supporting the implementation of existing political finance regulations and monitoring their performance; • harnessing digital technologies to ensure transparency and accountability in political finance; and • designing targeted political finance measures to encourage the inclusion of underrepresented groups in politics.

scholarly journals Causes of Democratization Failure in Pakistan: An Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Muhammad Adil ◽  
Muhammad Umar
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
The State ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Democratic Norms

This study analyzes the causes of democratization failure in Pakistan. The data collected by questionnaire. The study's main objective is to investigate the problems closely concerned with the collapse of democracy and the prevalence in the country of democratic norms. The study finds that the Overall Quality of Democracy, Independence of Media, Belief in Political Parties, Presentation of an Independence Cabinet causes failure of Democracy in Pakistan. According to this, the State, supporting parties, civil society, and youth must perform their positive role in engaging in a recreation of democracy to generate liberty for institutional democratization in Pakistan confidently.

scholarly journals Finansowanie działań politycznych w Japonii – zarys regulacji i praktyki ustrojowej

2013 ◽  
pp. 161-178
Author(s):  
Jan Misiuna
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Party System ◽  
Liberal Democratic Party ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Political Finance ◽  
Election System ◽  
Dysfunctional Relationships

This paper deals with the reality of political finance in Japan. In the text I describe how the election system influenced the process of creation of party system, especially segmentation of the Liberal-Democratic Party into factions. Consequences of this system include expensive election campaigns which in turn lead to close relationships between political parties and individual politicians and large, particularly corporate, donors. In effect the costs of election campaigns continue to increase and political parties, perpetually in need of money, constantly search for new donors. In this context it is not surprising that in Japan corruption is important problem. What is also important, however, is the fact that dysfunctional relationships between large, corporate donors and political parties were and are fundamental factors influencing economic policies of successive governments.

scholarly journals The Risks of Using Cryptocurrency in Political Financing And The Methods for its Prevention

Economics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (10-12) ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
Zurab Aznaurashvili Zurab Aznaurashvili
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Political Corruption ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Political Finance

Regulating and monitoring political finances is an important factor in ensuring a fair and equitable electoral environment, but there are frequent cases of illegal finances, and in the modern world there is a tendency to use digital currencies, which are slowly entering political parties and making political finances monitoring impossible. The Relevant political finance regulations set standards for access to information, which make it possible to process the required information, to monitor it and achieve the transparency of information. Moreover, the Regulation and transparency of funding political processes are important to limit the means of gaining a power through anonymous and illegal sources. The appropriate measures of prevention and coercion serve this purpose in order to make political finances transparent through effective monitoring. Recently, a number of countries have faced the threat of receiving funding from the closed parties and the use of crypto currencies by political parties, and many have begun to think about introducing certain regulations to protect policies from digital currencies. Keywords: political party, political financing, political corruption, cryptocurrency, bitcoin.

scholarly journals The Bureaucracy Neutrality in Indonesian Politics

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
R. Siti Zuhro
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
New Order ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Regional Elections ◽  
Important Stimulus

The politicization of the Indonesian bureaucracy in election is attracting great attention since it’s resulted in declining quality of democracy in this country. Although political change since 1998 has given greater strength to societal forces vis-à-vis the state, the fact is that the legacy of patronage network still exists. The politicization of the bureaucracy through the weakening of political parties and maintaining bureaucratic authoritarianism under the New Order government (1966-1998) was an important stimulus for this study. With the downfall of Soeharto’s New Order regime, the authoritarian nature of the bureaucratic system was not only exposed but also changed. These changes have put paid to questions about the involvement of political parties and the influence of societal forces in the formation of policy. The bureaucracy can no longer exist as it was in the New Order, and, in fact, has responded to societal needs by adjusting to the new political climate. In this context, Indonesian politics under the reformation era takes on a wider significance for one of the main results has been the emergence of bureaucratic pluralism – a more pluralistic political system that is more open to the influence of these societal forces. This study was conducted using literature review to understand theories and empirical experiences about the neutrality of the bureaucracy in both national elections and regional elections. This study showed that after 75 years of independence, Indonesia must continue to struggle to build a bureaucracy that is professional (effective and efficient) and politically neutral.

scholarly journals Bagongan, Pilkada Serentak dan Demokrasi yang Cedera: Belajar dari Purbalingga

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Indaru Setyo Nurprojo
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
The People ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Simultaneous Election

<p>This article would like to write about the effects of the simultaneous election policy on the quality of democracy at the local level. In 2015, the election policy applied simultaneously. In practice, the elections simultaneously chosen to emphasize the effectiveness and efficiency of the budget and not for the instruments to the process of deepening democracy. In effect, femonena bagongan happened in the elections Purbalingga. Bagongan has become a form of resistance of the people against the elite political parties and form of movement is unwilling to political parties.</p>

scholarly journals THE BUREAUCRACY NEUTRALITY IN INDONESIAN POLITICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
R. Siti Zuhro
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
New Order ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Regional Elections ◽  
Important Stimulus

The politicization of the Indonesian bureaucracy in election is attracting great attention since it’s resulted in declining quality of democracy in this country. Although political change since 1998 has given greater strength to societal forces vis-à-vis the state, the fact is that the legacy of patronage network still exists. The politicization of the bureaucracy through the weakening of political parties and maintaining bureaucratic authoritarianism under the New Order government (1966-1998) was an important stimulus for this study. With the downfall of Soeharto’s New Order regime, the authoritarian nature of the bureaucratic system was not only exposed but also changed. These changes have put paid to questions about the involvement of political parties and the influence of societal forces in the formation of policy. The bureaucracy can no longer exist as it was in the New Order, and, in fact, has responded to societal needs by adjusting to the new political climate. In this context, Indonesian politics under the reformation era takes on a wider significance for one of the main results has been the emergence of bureaucratic pluralism – a more pluralistic political system that is more open to the influence of these societal forces. This study was conducted using literature review to understand theories and empirical experiences about the neutrality of the bureaucracy in both national elections and regional elections.

scholarly journals Peranan Partai Politik Islam Dalam Pelaksanaan Pemilihan Kepala Daerah Serentak di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-299
Author(s):  
Sri Warjiyati
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political System ◽  
The Political ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Islamic Parties ◽  
Islamic Political Parties

The Islamic Political Parties in support of simultaneous Regional Head Elections in Indonesia have proven to contribute significantly to a very pluralistic national political system. Increasing the capacity and performance of Islamic political parties directly influences the quality of democracy and the performance of the political system in Indonesia, so that the role of Islamic Political Parties needs to be improved, both in capacity, quality and performance in order to realize the quality of democracy in Indonesia. The birth of Islamic parties in Indonesia today has added to the treasures of democracy in Indonesia, this birth phenomenon is thought to be a manifestation of the re-presence of Islamic political power. The quality of democracy can be influenced one of them through the implementation of simultaneous regional head elections in 2018 which are carried out in a constitutional, peaceful, honest and fair manner. The quality of democracy is also determined by the existence of democratic institutions, actors of democracy, actors' relations with institutions, public issues, and the capacity and strategy of democratic actors in linking between political party platforms that carry candidates with issues of public interest. The success of the substance of the implementation of the Regional Head Election simultaneously can be measured from the effectiveness of the system

Election Poster Persuasion

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malte Schott ◽  
Jule Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Policy Evaluation ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Additional Measure ◽  
Political Preferences ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Voting Intentions

Abstract. We examined the effect of presenting unknown policy statements on German parties’ election posters. Study 1 showed that participants inferred the quality of a presented policy from knowledge about the respective political party. Study 2 showed that participants’ own political preferences influenced valence estimates: policy statements presented on campaign posters of liked political parties were rated significantly more positive than those presented on posters of disliked political parties. Study 3 replicated the findings of Study 2 with an additional measure of participants’ need for cognition. Need for cognition scores were unrelated to the valence transfer from political parties to policy evaluation. Study 4 replicated the findings of Studies 2 and 3 with an additional measure of participants’ voting intentions. Voting intentions were a significant predictor for valence transfer. Participants credited both their individually liked and disliked political parties for supporting the two unknown policies. However, the credit attributed to the liked party was significantly higher than to the disliked one. Study 5 replicated the findings of Studies 2, 3, and 4. Additionally, participants evaluated political clubs that were associated with the same policies previously presented on election posters. Here, a second-degree transfer emerged: from party valence to policy evaluation and from policy evaluation to club evaluation. Implications of the presented studies for policy communications and election campaigning are discussed.

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