Dark Money as a Political Sovereignty Problem

Torres-Spelliscy, Ciara

doi:10.1080/09615768.2017.1351659

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“…59 Prior to showing how Brexit signalled a shift in emphasis on migration, it is necessary to give an insight into the wider and more hidden interest behind the proliferation of anti-migration views, which dark money lies at the centre of. Dark money has been defined as 'untraceable political spending' 60 and while the promotion of political interests with hidden money is obviously not new, 61 it has taken on new dimensions during the last decade, partly due to new technologies in line with Sassen's discussion of new geographies of power. These new technologies have made it possible to 'shap[e] minds.…”

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Nations of bankers and Brexiteers? Nationalism and hidden money

Loftsdóttir¹,

Mixa²

2021

Race & Class

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This article examines the relationship between nationalistic mobilisations, hidden funds and undisclosed campaign contributions, commonly known as dark money. Contextualising Brexit alongside the Icelandic economic crash of 2008 shows how nationalist mobilisation and racism can secure economic and political interests for a small minority and thus create space for what Zygmunt Bauman has called ‘evasion’ or ‘slippage’ as a primary technique of power in the present. Both the build-up to Brexit and the Icelandic economic crash were characterised by a strong national-centred rhetoric of ‘us-the-nation’ versus ‘others’ that diverted attention from massive minority interests, which had access to hidden funds. The Panama Papers showed that many of the same people celebrated in Iceland as the embodied representation of the country were simultaneously moving money into tax havens. Exposés have also revealed the way that dark money secretly funded campaigns using anti-migrant racism to facilitate the Brexiteers’ longer-term interests.

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Nations of bankers and Brexiteers? Nationalism and hidden money

Loftsdóttir¹,

Mixa²

2021

Race & Class

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“…The FEC rules have flaws. Loopholes exist and are exploited ruthlessly (Butrymowicz ; Klepner ; Student Note ; Torres‐Spelliscy : 2–4). Firewalls may be ineffective.…”

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Third party political participation and anti‐collusion rules

Pal¹

2018

Can Public Adm

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One of the enduring questions regarding third parties is how to prevent collusion between them and political parties. Collusion raises the spectre of third parties being used as vehicles to evade the spending and contribution limits imposed on political parties. I will argue in this article that federal election laws are inadequate at deterring collusion. The episode involving the “HarperPAC” and similar groups around the 2015 election helped to shine a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of the Canada Elections Act. I argue that the model deployed by the U.S. Federal Election Commission to regulate independent expenditures represents a promising path for reform if carefully adapted to the Canadian context.

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The Promise of Self-Determination

Ohlin¹

2020

Election Interference

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Dark Money as a Political Sovereignty Problem

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Nations of bankers and Brexiteers? Nationalism and hidden money

Nations of bankers and Brexiteers? Nationalism and hidden money

Third party political participation and anti‐collusion rules

The Promise of Self-Determination

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