Cost of Parliamentary Politics in Ukraine

Authors

  • Andriy Meleshevych

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18523/kmlpj88599.2016-2.147-170

Keywords:

Parliamentary politics, electoral campaign financing, electoral campaign expenditures, political party funding, Law of Ukraine on Amending Some Legislative Acts on Preventing and Combating Political Corruption

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to conduct primary research on the cost of parliamentary politics in Ukraine, the financial implications of running for a seat in the national parliament (Rada), and the cost incurred by an MP once in office. Drawing upon semi-structured interviews with current and former members of the Rada, unsuccessful candidates for these positions, subject matter experts on Ukrainian parliamentary elections, the paper explores the main drivers of the cost of politics in Ukraine.

Supporting Agencies

  • The work was supported by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and prepared for the Cost of Politics Conference held in London on July 18
  • 2016.

References

  1. Andrushko, Serhii. “Donory partii. Poimenno [Donors of Parties. Name-by-name].” Ukrainska pravda, January 31, 2015. Accessed June 15, 2016. http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/andrushko/54cc7f451ee8c/.
  2. Diamond, Larry, and Juan J. Linz. “Introduction: Politics, Society, and Democracy in Latin America.” In Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America, edited by Larry Diamond, Juan J. Linz and Seimour Martin Lipset, 1–58. Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 1989.
  3. Falguera, Elin, Samuel Jones, and Magnus Ohman, eds. Funding of Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance. Stockholm: International IDEA, 2014.
  4. Huntington, Samuel P. “Democracy’s Third Wave.” In The Global Resurgence of Democracy, edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner, 3–25. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
  5. “Indirect Bribery in Chernihiv? OPORA Detected That UKROP Disseminates Food Sets.” Opora, July14, 2015. Accessed August 23, 2016. https://www.oporaua.org/en/news/38899-2943-1446982893-neprjamyj-pidkup-u-chernigovi-opora-zafiksuvala-masovu-rozdachu-produktovyh-paketiv-vid-lukropur.
  6. Kliuchkovskyi, Yurii. “Political Parties’ Funding: Problems of Legal Regulations. Positions of Politicians and Experts.” Chasopys Parlament 3–4 (2003). Accessed September 2, 2016. http://www.parlament.org.ua/index.php?action=magazine&id=9&ar_id=128&iar_id=109&as=2.
  7. Korol, Dmytro, Vynnychuk, Yurii, and Diana Kosenko. “Informatsiia – zbroia: komu nalezhat ukrainski ZMI [Information – Weapon: Who Owns Ukrainian Media].” Insider, December 7, 2015. Accessed August 12, 2016. http://www.theinsider.ua/infographics/2014/2015_smi/vlasnyky.html.
  8. Lozhkin, Borys, and Volodymyr Fedorin. Chetverta respublika. Chomu Yevropi potribna Ukraina, a Ukraini – Yevropa [The Forth Republic. Why Europe Needs Ukraine and Ukraine, Europe]. Kharkiv: Folio, 2016.
  9. Maievska, Iryna, Zamnius, Vitalii, and Denys Kovryzhenko. “Financing of Electoral Campaigns in Ukraine: Problems of Regulatory Framework.” Chasopys Parlament 3–4 (2003). Accessed September 15, 2016. http://parlament.org.ua/index.php?action=magazine&id=9&ar_id=128&iar_id=113&as=2.
  10. Mair, Peter, and Richard S. Katz. “Party Organization, Party Democracy, and the Emergence of the Cartel Party.” In Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations, edited by Peter Mair, 93–119. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  11. Marchuk, Anton. “The Law on Financing of Political Parties: Changing the Rules of Political Game.” VoxUkraine, December 8, 2015. Accessed June 2, 2016. http://voxukraine.org/2015/12/08/changing-the-rules-of-political-game-en/.
  12. Meleshevich, Andrey. Party Systems in Post-Soviet Countries: A Comparative Study of Political Institutionalization in the Baltic States, Russia, and Ukraine. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.
  13. “NDI Research Dispels Myths about Women’s Political Participation in Ukraine.” National Democratic Institute, March 1, 2016. Accessed June 13, 2016. https://www.ndi.org/ndi-ukraine-gender-research-story and http://www.slideshare.net/50vidsotkiv/2016-59068508.
  14. “Oleksandr Turchynov: Raidership is One of the Biggest Problems of Our State, the Most Dangerous for Economics,” Government Portal, September 17, 2008. Accessed August 23, 2016. http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=159003266&cat_id=244315154.
  15. “Partiina systema Ukrainy: Osoblyvosti stanovlennia, problem funktsionuvannia, tendentsii evoliutsii [Party System of Ukraine: Peculiarities of Emergence, Problems of Functioning, Tendencies of Evolution].” Report of the Razumkov Center of Economic and Political Studies, National Security and Defense 5.116 (2010): 2–33. Accessed May 1, 2016. http://www.uceps.org/ukr/files/category_journal/NSD116_ukr.pdf.
  16. “Perception of Ukrainians on Political Parties and Sources of Their Funding.” Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Fund and Razumkov Center, November 1, 2015. Accessed May 26, 2016. http://www.razumkov.org.ua/upload/1450865323_file.pdf.
  17. Romaniuk, Anatolii. “Dzherela finansuvannia vyborchykh kampanii politychnykh partii [Sources of Financing of Political Party Electoral Campaigns].” National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Accessed May 1, 2016. http://cehrin.org.ua/chrin-ngo/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dzherela_finansuvannja_kampanij.pdf.
  18. “V novomu parlamenti naibilshe zhinok za vsiu istoriiu [The New Parliament Has the Largest Number of Women Ever].” Komitet vybortsiv Ukrainy, November 12, 2014. Accessed April 20, 2016. http://goo.gl/OKZpLP.

Downloads

Published

2016-12-29

How to Cite

Meleshevych, A. (2016). Cost of Parliamentary Politics in Ukraine. Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal, (2), 147–170. https://doi.org/10.18523/kmlpj88599.2016-2.147-170

Issue

No. 2 (2016): Legal and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Conflicts in Europe

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2016 Andriy Meleshevych

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal provides free access to original research without restriction barriers (i.e. subscription fees, licensing fees etc.).

Unless otherwise indicated, content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which means you are free to:

distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially

...provided that any use is made with attribution to author(s) and Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal.

The copyright in the article or any other submission to Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal shall remain with the author(s).

The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions and will retain publishing rights without restrictions.