Politics and money

On May 10, 2011, in Abstracts, by Izborna Reforma

Abstract: Corruption, especially one in the political arena, destroys the social fabric and is the key enemy of the fragile democratic institutions and practices. Favorable social ground, established traditions and habits require the adoption and scrupulous realization of the complete anti-corruption strategy. When it comes to parties and elections, the agencies and auditors conduct research [...]

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Subsystem of political representation, Serbian system’s Achilles heel

On May 10, 2011, in Abstracts, by Izborna Reforma

Abstract: Subsystem of political representation is one of the most important ones because it determines the method for establishing the political community. Key weaknesses of that subsystem in Serbia are institution of blank resignations and indirect nature of proportional electoral system. Blank resignations at first were spontaneously implemented by political parties to further (truthfully, only [...]

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Electoral system and institutional design

On May 10, 2011, in Abstracts, by Izborna Reforma

Abstract : This paper is dealing with electoral systems designing. The article  discusses the questions of the electoral system’s  importance , what are the  factors influencing electoral systems , and vice versa, what are the  electoral system’s influences. The electoral systems are mostly stable and resistent to change. Their changes are neither easy nor simple, [...]

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Political parties financing : control and oversight

On May 10, 2011, in Abstracts, by Izborna Reforma

Abstract: Author discusses the problem of control and oversight in political party financing. His focus is on provisions of actual Law on political party financing (2003), analyzes of information about up to date implementation of that law and problems that appeared during last seven years. Another topic of discussion are provisions of draft Law on [...]

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Redesigning of the electoral system of Serbia – a failed atempt

On May 10, 2011, in Abstracts, by Izborna Reforma

Abstract: The consequences of the proportional electoral system with a single constituency, blocked list of candidates and election threshold fixed by law, which has been implemented in Serbia for ten years in four election cycles – have a destructive impact on representation, the principle of direct election, the position of deputies and the party system. [...]

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Right to equal women and men representation

On May 10, 2011, in Abstracts, by Izborna Reforma

Summary: In the context of innovation of electoral legislation in Serbia, the paper analyses the factors of electoral system influencing to equal opportunities of both women and men representation in the course of direct election procedure in representative bodies. Among the other factors of electoral system the attention is especially paid to: mandate distribution rules, [...]

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