Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance

<p>All political parties need funding to play their part in the political&nbsp;<a href="http://www.constitutionnet.org/glossary/26#term1728" class="glossary-term">process</a>, yet the role of money in politics is arguably the biggest threat to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.constitutionnet.org/glossary/26#term1573" class="glossary-term">democracy</a>&nbsp;today. This global threat knows no&nbsp;<a href="http://www.constitutionnet.org/glossary/26#term1526" class="glossary-term">boundaries</a>, evident across all continents from huge corporate campaign donations in the United States and drug money seeping into politics in Latin America, to<a href="http://www.constitutionnet.org/glossary/26#term1567" class="glossary-term">corruption</a>&nbsp;scandals throughout Asia and Europe.
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