Financing a monitoring of political party funding: possibilities and prospects Cover Image

Financovanie a kontrola financovania politických strán: možnosti a perspektívy
Financing a monitoring of political party funding: possibilities and prospects

Author(s): Natália Švecová
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ústav politických vied Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: political parties; funding of political parties; public financing; private financing; control of party financing

Summary/Abstract: The financial dimension of existence of political parties is in Political Science a relatively new issue. Research oriented on financing of political parties is important on the ground of the position of political parties in political and law systems. Therefore the primary aim of the study is to outline different options and alternatives, legal principles and methods of party financing and control of party financing in EU Member States. Following the comparative basis the ambition of the study is to create a comprehensive approach to the subsistent options of selected dimensions of funding of political parties, ergo it seeks to provide a reference source in assessable language and format. In its conclusion the study cogitates over the issue of minimal standards for party financing. Forasmuch as the principle of equality is frequently conceived different in system of party financing and different in system of control of party financing, the study aims to initiate the discussion on balanced relation between the system of financing of political parties and system of control of party funding.

  • Issue Year: V/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 26-38
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Slovak