Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement
The article aims to analyze the financial behavior of political parties in Romania and the revenues collected in recent years, on the basis of available official data, as well as the practices of embezzling public money and using state resources for electoral purposes, by referring to several corrup...
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description | The article aims to analyze the financial behavior of political parties in Romania and the revenues collected in recent years, on the basis of available official data, as well as the practices of embezzling public money and using state resources for electoral purposes, by referring to several corruption scandals related to their funding. It suggests that, as laws became clearer and more restrictive, the methods of those engaged in corrupt practices seem to be refined as well and that a coherent legal framework along with the firm punishment of those guilty of violating laws could lessen the scourge of corruption. |
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spelling | doaj.art-1cd8fddb9f94449992d070f5a5f477162022-12-21T22:26:25ZengFacultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPASfera Politicii1221-67201221-67202017-12-01XXV193-194 (3-4)3848Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its EmbezzlementCristina Matiuța0University of OradeaThe article aims to analyze the financial behavior of political parties in Romania and the revenues collected in recent years, on the basis of available official data, as well as the practices of embezzling public money and using state resources for electoral purposes, by referring to several corruption scandals related to their funding. It suggests that, as laws became clearer and more restrictive, the methods of those engaged in corrupt practices seem to be refined as well and that a coherent legal framework along with the firm punishment of those guilty of violating laws could lessen the scourge of corruption.http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/193-194/art04-Matiuta.phpparty-state relationshipdonationssubsidiespatronageclientelismcorruption |
spellingShingle | Cristina Matiuța Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement Sfera Politicii party-state relationship donations subsidies patronage clientelism corruption |
title | Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement |
title_full | Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement |
title_fullStr | Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement |
title_full_unstemmed | Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement |
title_short | Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement |
title_sort | party finances between dependence on the state and its embezzlement |
topic | party-state relationship donations subsidies patronage clientelism corruption |
url | http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/193-194/art04-Matiuta.php |
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