POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Modernization Theory, Elijah Harper, Called Party
28 Mar 2013
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Polb52 lecture 11 march 28th 2013. Argument: idea that political parties are in decline. Evidence: people cite declining attachment of people for politics. Political parties provide people with identities that make people participate in politics. Political parties, in our system can"t win if you appeal in one group. They have to build coalition of people that will make them win. Political parties aggregating our interest in societies. Political parties shape political agreements/public opinions/political opinions. Political parties are important players are political parties. Parties change first and then the public change second. In the vietnam war, both democratic and the republicans support the vietnam war and in public opinion. Over time, the consensus went down, democrats oppose to the. Political parties are organizations that contest elections. Canadians are pretty clear of who they could blame. Think of it as elements of broader category of organization like any other organization. We can think of them as different properties.
