DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY FUNDING: MODELS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Hrvoje Matakovic () and Irena Cajner Mraovic ()
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Hrvoje Matakovic: Croatian Science Foundation, Croatia
Irena Cajner Mraovic: Centre for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Croatia

CES Working Papers, 2015, vol. 7(1), issue 1, 111-125

Abstract: The first modern political parties were formed at the end of the 18th century and have, from those times up to now, undergone 4 developing phases; each of the phases is bound to ideal-type political party model: cadre parties, mass parties, catch-all parties and cartel parties. Each of these party models differentiates in various characteristics: party foundation, number of members, and way of leading the election campaigns, but also in ways of financing. This paper describes the above mentioned 4 phases of political parties’ development and 4 phases of parties' finances development; it will be analysed in detail positive and negative sides of each of the models of party financing.

Keywords: political parties; political parties financing; corruption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 A2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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