POL S101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Big Tent, Political Spectrum, Party System
16 Nov 2017
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Monday, october 30, 2017 pols 101 political parties political parties. Make nomination, contest elections, influence the personnel and policies of government. Issue oriented: one main issue and tend the policies through the issue. Brokerage and pragmatic: big tent, all sorts for all groups depending on popularity. Relation to electoral systems: number of parties they have, the type of parties they have. Function of democratic parties: to structure the vote, aggregate interests, perform the role of political recruitment, mobilize support, organize government, policy formulation. Rational choice explanation: pragmatic and brokerage, ideological parties. Monday, october 30, 2017: how does the party communicate: press, tv, etc, what"s the leadership style, how is the party organized, what are the numbers of parties. 1867 - 1917: patronage, caucus parties, party papers, gerrymandering: manipulate boundaries, more members in writing the paper, or visible disabilities in the paper.
