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Han Woo Park - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the structural relationship between politicians web visibility and Political Finance networks a case study of south korea s national assembly members
New Media & Society, 2013Co-Authors: Yon Soo Lim, Han Woo ParkAbstract:This study examines whether the network characteristics represented on the Internet drive or reflect other events and occurrences in the offline environment. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the web visibility network of Korea’s National Assembly members and the amount of financial donations they receive from the public. The results of the linear correlation analysis indicate a positive direction, suggesting that politicians who occupy a central position in the web visibility network are more likely to receive financial donations than those occupying a peripheral position. The quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) correlation results revealed a significant correlation between politicians’ web visibility network and their Political Finance network. This study identifies the structural relationship between Korean politicians’ online and offline networks.
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The structural relationship between politicians’ web visibility and Political Finance networks: A case study of South Korea’s National Assembly members:
New Media & Society, 2012Co-Authors: Yon Soo Lim, Han Woo ParkAbstract:This study examines whether the network characteristics represented on the Internet drive or reflect other events and occurrences in the offline environment. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the web visibility network of Korea’s National Assembly members and the amount of financial donations they receive from the public. The results of the linear correlation analysis indicate a positive direction, suggesting that politicians who occupy a central position in the web visibility network are more likely to receive financial donations than those occupying a peripheral position. The quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) correlation results revealed a significant correlation between politicians’ web visibility network and their Political Finance network. This study identifies the structural relationship between Korean politicians’ online and offline networks.
Yon Soo Lim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the structural relationship between politicians web visibility and Political Finance networks a case study of south korea s national assembly members
New Media & Society, 2013Co-Authors: Yon Soo Lim, Han Woo ParkAbstract:This study examines whether the network characteristics represented on the Internet drive or reflect other events and occurrences in the offline environment. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the web visibility network of Korea’s National Assembly members and the amount of financial donations they receive from the public. The results of the linear correlation analysis indicate a positive direction, suggesting that politicians who occupy a central position in the web visibility network are more likely to receive financial donations than those occupying a peripheral position. The quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) correlation results revealed a significant correlation between politicians’ web visibility network and their Political Finance network. This study identifies the structural relationship between Korean politicians’ online and offline networks.
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The structural relationship between politicians’ web visibility and Political Finance networks: A case study of South Korea’s National Assembly members:
New Media & Society, 2012Co-Authors: Yon Soo Lim, Han Woo ParkAbstract:This study examines whether the network characteristics represented on the Internet drive or reflect other events and occurrences in the offline environment. More specifically, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the web visibility network of Korea’s National Assembly members and the amount of financial donations they receive from the public. The results of the linear correlation analysis indicate a positive direction, suggesting that politicians who occupy a central position in the web visibility network are more likely to receive financial donations than those occupying a peripheral position. The quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) correlation results revealed a significant correlation between politicians’ web visibility network and their Political Finance network. This study identifies the structural relationship between Korean politicians’ online and offline networks.
Andreas Ufen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Political Finance and Corruption in Southeast Asia: Causes and Challenges
The Changing Face of Corruption in the Asia Pacific, 2017Co-Authors: Andreas UfenAbstract:Abstract The chapter looks at the financing of Political parties and candidates, its often failed regulation, and the role of money in politics in Southeast Asia. Political Finance is an important issue because most Political scandals are related to Political Finance. Clientelistic networks organize the exchange of gifts or benefits by politicians for Political support, dynasties and wealthy businesspeople control Political parties, business and politics are deeply intertwined—all this breeds different forms of corruption. At the same time, the public has become aware of shady practices, and new media have widened the room to expose and check on lifestyles and businesses of politicians. Most Southeast Asian countries struggle to find ways to regulate commercialized politics, although politicians themselves often are simply disinterested to do exactly this.
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Political Finance Regimes in Southeast Asia: Introduction
Critical Asian Studies, 2015Co-Authors: Andreas Ufen, Marcus MietznerAbstract:ABSTRACTThe three articles in this themed collection investigate the interplay between Political Finance regimes and the quality of democracy in Southeast Asia. Andreas Ufen's piece on Political Finance in Malaysia and Singapore argues that the semi-authoritarian regimes in both states have blocked the reform of campaign and party funding regulations in order to keep their opposition in check. The article on Indonesia, authored by Marcus Mietzner, showcases the country's dysfunctional Political Finance system as a major hurdle toward further democratization. In their contribution on Thailand, Napisa Waitoolkiat and Paul Chambers show that weak Political Finance regulations have contributed significantly to the shallowness of Thai parties. Overall, the collection demonstrates that without meaningful Political Finance reforms, Southeast Asia's democratic stagnation is likely to persist for many years to come.
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Laissez-faire versus Strict Control of Political Finance: Hegemonic Parties and Developmental States in Malaysia and Singapore
Critical Asian Studies, 2015Co-Authors: Andreas UfenAbstract:ABSTRACTThis article compares the financing of Political parties and candidates in two Southeast Asian countries. In Malaysia, some Political Finance regulations exist only on paper, and Political financing is for the most part not restrained at all. In contrast, the financing of candidates and parties has always been tightly circumscribed in Singapore. These different strategies, “laissez-faire” versus “strict control,” are the consequence of various factors. In Malaysia, the New Economic Policy has effected a close, often economically unproductive linkage between the state, the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, and business. The rise of businesspeople has resulted in the commercialization of competition within (the United Malays National Organisation. Additionally, increasing competition between the ruling coalition and the opposition has resulted in growing expenditures for electioneering in the form of advertisements and electoral patronage. The laissez-faire style of regulation has been compounded b...
Marcus Mietzner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Political Finance Regimes in Southeast Asia: Introduction
Critical Asian Studies, 2015Co-Authors: Andreas Ufen, Marcus MietznerAbstract:ABSTRACTThe three articles in this themed collection investigate the interplay between Political Finance regimes and the quality of democracy in Southeast Asia. Andreas Ufen's piece on Political Finance in Malaysia and Singapore argues that the semi-authoritarian regimes in both states have blocked the reform of campaign and party funding regulations in order to keep their opposition in check. The article on Indonesia, authored by Marcus Mietzner, showcases the country's dysfunctional Political Finance system as a major hurdle toward further democratization. In their contribution on Thailand, Napisa Waitoolkiat and Paul Chambers show that weak Political Finance regulations have contributed significantly to the shallowness of Thai parties. Overall, the collection demonstrates that without meaningful Political Finance reforms, Southeast Asia's democratic stagnation is likely to persist for many years to come.
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Dysfunction by Design: Political Finance and Corruption in Indonesia
Critical Asian Studies, 2015Co-Authors: Marcus MietznerAbstract:ABSTRACTDespite an ever-increasing number of arrests of elite politicians by Indonesia's anticorruption commission, the country's levels of Political corruption remain stubbornly high. This article argues that the main reason for this apparent paradox is Indonesia's dysfunctional party and campaign financing system. None of the three elements upon which this system was built (membership dues, donations, and state subsidies) has worked to Finance politics in an effective manner. This systemic failure is far from accidental: it is caused and perpetuated by an elite that prefers illicit fund-raising to the limitations that a more orderly funding mechanism would impose. As a result, Political corruption continues unabated, oligarchs have penetrated party politics, and state budgets are misappropriated for Political purposes. Indonesia's new president, Joko Widodo, has promised to reform the Political Finance regime, but the power of deeply entrenched interests groups means that any change will be painfully slow.
Thomas Burt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Do Political Finance Reforms Reduce Corruption?
British Journal of Political Science, 2019Co-Authors: Calla Hummel, John Gerring, Thomas BurtAbstract:AbstractReformers claim that public subsidies and regulation of Political Finance reduce corruption in politics, while observers worry that they have no impact on corruption, or even increase it. Despite national-level debates and billions of dollars spent, few studies have tested this relationship. The authors argue that Political Finance reform mitigates corruption by reducing private money's importance in politics and increasing the sanctions for corrupt behavior. Elite interviews from Paraguay's Political Finance reform illustrate the argument and elaborate the theoretical mechanisms. The study evaluates the argument using an original dataset measuring Political subsidies from 175 countries from 1900–2015, as well as disaggregated corruption measures from the Varieties of Democracy project. The findings support the thesis that Political Finance reform reduces corruption, even in countries where such reforms are unevenly implemented.
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Do Political Finance Laws Reduce Corruption
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018Co-Authors: Calla Hummel, John Gerring, Thomas BurtAbstract:We gratefully acknowledge helpful comments from Kevin Casas-Zamora, Susan Scarrow, Agustin Vallejo, and the Political Science faculty workshop at the University of Miami. This research project was supported by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Grant M13-0559:1, PI: Staffan I. Lindberg, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden as well as by co-funding from the Vice-Chancellor's office, the Dean of the College of Social Sciences, and the Department of Political Science at University of Gothenburg. We performed simulations and other computational tasks using resources provided by the Notre Dame Center for Research Computing (CRC) through the High Performance Computing section and the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at the National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden, SNIC 2016/1-382 and 2017/1-68. We specifically acknowledge the assistance of In-Saeng Suh at CRC and Johan Raber at SNIC in facilitating our use of their respective systems.