POLS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Responsible Government, Lection

• School: U of S
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 111
• Professor: Real Carrie

Document Summary

Activity related to influencing, making, or implementing collective decisions for a political community. An independent, self-governing political community whose governing institutions have the capability to make rules that are binding on the population within a territory. Parties compete to mobilize voters to elect their candidates. Limited connections between representative and elite (cadre party) Because developed outside government, they expected to implement platform in government. In canada responsible government = confidence pf parliament. Compare and contrast party platforms and identify actions. They basically they same just one nationally focussed the other is provincial focused only on sask. Sask party -> one member-one vote preferential ballot system (ordinary citizens can vote) Parties seek to influence government by electing candidates to advance their platforms. Started as groups in government to advance policy. Mass parties started to move influence pf parties out of government into society. Based on these categories, how would you describe each political party in.