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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Main Author:	Cristina Matiuța
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Facultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPA 2017-12-01
Series:	Sfera Politicii
Subjects:	party-state relationship donations subsidies patronage clientelism corruption
Online Access:	http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/193-194/art04-Matiuta.php

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title	Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement
title_short	Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement
title_full	Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement
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publisher	Facultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPA
series	Sfera Politicii
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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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Party Finances: Between Dependence on the State and Its Embezzlement

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