Towards a chequebook democracy? Business, parties and the funding of politics in Italy and the United States

Journal of Modern Italian Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-58

  Hopkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Americanization; Corruption; Party finance; Party organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347305952     PISSN: 1354571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354571042000333360     Document Type: Review

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