POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - International Democrat Union, Canadian Alliance, Oligarchy
21 Apr 2013
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Political parties are in decline, provide people with identities mobilizing them to participating in political party. Aggregate interests political party cant win by appealing to one group, people should build coalitions of people that will allow them to win election. Shape disagreement political parties reading public opinion polls and responding to that, they advocate different sets of issues. Environment, support for same sex marriage, support for environmental policies. Party policies change first, public opinion come second(change) Elite oppose the vietnam, democrats oppose vietnam war and they formed partisan opposing war. Political parties focus on accountability members of parliament represent free will to represent their constituency. Party discipline ability of a parliamentary group of a political party to get its members to support the policies of their party leadership. Goals: public cant be restricted, private can be restricted. Incentives of organization shape people within organization that shape the incentives within organization to get people doing something.
