CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Shahbaz, Jasir |
|---|---|
| Title | CAN WE VOTE OUT CORRUPTION? The levels of Party Patronage and Regulation of Party Funding in Pakistan |
| Summary | This thesis looks at the relationship between electoral change and accountability. It tests the theory that voters punish the corrupt incumbent party by voting them out. However, in case of Pakistan the voters kept voting the corrupt party (parties) out but the levels of corruption remained the same. It investigates the outside the public office corruption in Pakistan by measuring the levels of patronage in 12 key Policy Areas at the level of ministries, regulatory authorities and executing institutions and evaluating the laws on party funding in 29 areas. The study finds out high levels of party patronage in all key policy areas except judiciary, all state owned enterprises are under administration of current or retired military officials, and Prime Minister has the complete discretion to make appointments except for chairperson of Election commission and National Accountability Bureau. There is weak regulation of party financing, with no limit or ban on taking donations from corporations and trade unions. Only donation from foreign interests is banned. The study used content analysis technique and extracted information from Constitution of Pakistan 1973, Prime Minister Office, Elections Act, 2017, PRA Ordinance 2002, Public Procurement Rules, 2004 and Public Procurement Regulations. |
| Supervisor | Batory Agnes |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/shahbaz_jasir.pdf |
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