Looking for Mecenas: Mechanisms and processes of party finance in post-communist Romania Cover Image

În căutarea unui Mecena. Mecanisme și procese de finanţare ale partidelor politice în România postcomunistă
Looking for Mecenas: Mechanisms and processes of party finance in post-communist Romania

Author(s): Sorina Soare, Alexandra Ionașcu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: Party funding; party organisations; members; donations; subsidies; Romania

Summary/Abstract: The process of party building in the CEE democracies was intimately linked to formal and informal aspects of colonising State resources. While party regulations became more articulated, Romanian parties have taken advantage of an intricate arrangement of private and public resources for guaranteeing their financial survival. Hence, our paper aims at providing a general overview of the Romanian parties’ financial (re)sources over the last decade. Within this context, party’s members assumed a peculiar role, acting both as legitimacy providers and means of economic survival.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 169
  • Page Range: 56-64
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian