Problems of political corruption

• Main Author: Ćirić Jovan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade 2008-01-01
• Series: Sociološki Pregled
• Subjects: clean hands; Italy; political liability; financing political parties; salaries of MPs; trading the mandate; Serbia
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2008/0085-63200804531C.pdf

The author in this work speaks about general problems of political corruption in the world and in Serbia. The author tries to define the phenomenon of political corruption and pays special attention to financing political parties. Ćirić gives the overview of international documents about financing political parties and gives us the overview of MP's salaries in some western countries. At the end it is analyzed the question of trading MP's mandate, as a matter of fact who is the owner of the mandate of one representative - that representative, or his/her political party. That also could be the origin of different manipulations and corruption.