Who Gives? Partisan Donations in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID8041891
AuthorsAldo F Ponce (0000-0001-5049-3075), Susan E Scarrow (0000-0003-1261-730X)
Year2011
Volume34
Issue5
Pages997-1020
Publication date2011-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2011.591085
OpenAlexW1990220518
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited37

Party finance reformers often call for European parties to increase their financial reliance on small donors, but researchers have made few efforts to establish the feasibility of such strategies. This study examines partisan giving in Europe, investigating the potential for parties and policymakers to increase this type of political participation. It also asks whether there are national-level factors that make such efforts more likely to succeed in some countries. The research uses data from the European Social Survey to examine patterns of contributions to political parties in 16 European countries. It finds that the strength of partisanship predicts political giving independent of party membership, which suggests that European political parties may have some scope to increase their number of individual donors. On the other hand, existing tax policies to encourage political giving do not seem to be effective in increasing this type of partisan political participation

Economics · European Social Survey · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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