DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY FUNDING: MODELS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Journal Title: CES Working Papers - Year 2015, Vol 7, Issue 1

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.

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Hrvoje MATAKOVIC, Irena CAJNER MRAOVIC

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Hrvoje MATAKOVIC, Irena CAJNER MRAOVIC (2015). DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY FUNDING: MODELS AND CHARACTERISTICS. CES Working Papers, 7(1), 111-125. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-163521