Political parties Flashcards
Define political parties
publically organized groups of people who are motivated by some common set of political ideas and whose goal is to have their particular members win public office so ideas can be put into practice.
What are the five functions of political parties?
- recruitment
- Fundraising
- Interest aggregation - Identify, represent, and balance the diverse interest of Canadians.
- Policy development
- Education
Define ideology
Fundamental political principles. The basis for generating ideas about the purposes of government, how it should be organized, and what policies should be implemented.
Define high partisanship
Reasonable commitment to a set of political ideals prevails in a fair contest of ideas and argument.
Low partisanship
Refers to the practical part of politics, to the actions and operations that must be performed to get people into government to achieve higher ideals.
Party systems
Number and type of parties that a regime is likely to have given the various factors that influence parties.
- The electoral system
- Party finance rules
- Federalism
- political culture
Brokerage parties
Large, highly pragmatic parties that espouse middle of the road ideologies and try to appeal to every region, ethnic group, and social class. A catch-all party. Liberals and conservatives
Ideological parties
They espouse ideological views that are outside of the mainstream and are more concerned with promoting those views than with winning seats. NDP
Single-Issue parties
Similar to ideological parties in that they are more concerned about promoting a view than with electoral success.
Protest parties
Parties that emerge among people who believe that the dominant forces in political life systematically ignore them.
Special interest groups
Groups that purport to advance the interest of millions while also advancing interests of the industry.
Public interest groups
No hard economic interests, committed to more abstract general objectives
Think tanks
Akin to public interest groups in that they conduct and commission research and public policy for the consumption of the media, government, scholars, and the general public.
