Political Party Financing and Electoral Politics in Nigeria&#039;s Fourth Republic

Babayo Sule

doi:10.5771/9781666919226

Summary

In Political Party Financing and Electoral Politics in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, Babayo Sule provides a detailed analysis of the process of political party financing in Nigeria from 1999 to the present. Sule links the party financing process with the electoral process and explores issues of democratic accountability, transparency, and corruption in Nigeria under democratic rule. Issues of excessive spending, violation of legal procedures for party financing and monitoring of parties’ activities, particularly, finances are explored. The book presents an analytical discourse on elections and processes that influence an election in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic in which party financing and money politics are instrumental. This book observes how political corruption gains root in the process of party financing and builds a theory linking party financing, electoral politics, and democratic accountability. This book provides practical policy implications for strengthening Nigeria’s electoral process and transparency in its democracy.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1921-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1922-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 280
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
3. 1. Figures No access
  2. Tables No access
Chapter 1: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
1. Political Parties No access
2. Party Systems No access
3. Election No access
4. Electoral Politics No access
5. Political Party Financing No access
1. Meaning and Nature of Election No access
2. Rules of Election Conduct in Nigeria No access
3. Challenges of Electoral Process in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic No access
4. Overview of Elections in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic No access
1. Political Parties: Conceptualisation, Types, Systems, Functions, Organisations, Institutionalisation and Dynamic Characters No access
2. Political Parties in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic No access
3. The Nature and Workings of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic Parties No access
1. Political Party Financing: A Broader View No access
2. Party Financing in Nigeria: A Historical Background No access
3. Party Financing in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999–2022) No access
4. Process and Measures of Political Party Financing in Nigeria No access
1. Clientelism No access
2. Rational Choice Theory No access
3. Game Theory No access
1. Legal Provisions on Political Party Financing in Nigeria No access
2. Limitation on Election Expenses and Sanctions on Violation No access
3. Election Expenses of Political Parties No access
4. Contribution Limit No access
5. Monitoring of Political Parties No access
6. Sources of Political Parties Campaign Expenditure in Nigeria No access
7. Disclosure by Political Parties No access
8. Period to be Covered by Annual Statement and the Powers of the Commission to Set Limit on Contribution to Parties and Candidates No access
9. International Donor Agencies and Political Party Financing in Nigeria No access
1. The Establishment of the Independent National Electoral Commission No access
2. The Organisational Structure of the Independent National Electoral Commission No access
3. Powers and Functions of the Independent National Electoral Commission No access
4. Independent National Electoral Commission and the Conduct of Elections in the Fourth Republic No access
5. Regulations in Financing of Independent National Electoral Commission No access
6. Independent National Electoral Commission and Monitoring of Campaign Finances, Parties and Candidates No access
1. The Political Culture and Political Economy of Money Politics No access
2. Nature of Money Politics in Nigeria No access
3. Causes of Money Politics in Nigeria No access
4. Manifestations of Money Politics in Nigeria No access
5. Vote-Buying, Bribery and Electoral Process in Nigeria: Impact of Money Politics No access
1. Concept of Corruption No access
2. Electoral Corruption in Nigeria No access
3. Violation of Political Party Financing Regulations No access
4. Excessive Spending Above Limit No access
5. Party Financing and Electoral Integrity in Nigeria No access
1. The Imperative for Reform and Monitoring No access
References No access Pages 233 - 268
Index No access Pages 269 - 278
About the Author No access Pages 279 - 280