Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: University Of Western Ontario, Social Inequality, Oligarchy
20 Feb 2017
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Lecture : Political Parties
UWO Political Science 1020E
What is a Political Party?
- Organization with collective intention of winning election and gaining governmental
power
- Usually they go about this with a shared ideological orientation
- They have a program covering a wide array of issues
When Did it Begin?
It is a modern institution:
- Emerged in 18th, 19th, and early 20th century
- Needed to manage mass suffrage
- There was initial resistance as they were seen as factions
- Popularity levels shifting since the resistance
EE Schattschneider:
- Democracy is unthinkable without parties; it is made possible only with parties
- Parties allow for representation, predictability and efficient decision making
Party Functions:
- Representation
- Elite formation and recruitment
- Goal formation
- Interest articulation and aggregation: parties are in most of our favours, and we have
more in common with them than in disagreement
- Socialization and mobilization
- Formation of government
Party Types:
Cadre – Elitist:
- Either refers to how the elite ruled before democracy/suffrage or,
- The emphasis on ideological leadership
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Document Summary
Organization with collective intention of winning election and gaining governmental power. Usually they go about this with a shared ideological orientation. They have a program covering a wide array of issues. Emerged in 18th, 19th, and early 20th century. There was initial resistance as they were seen as factions. Democracy is unthinkable without parties; it is made possible only with parties. Parties allow for representation, predictability and efficient decision making. Interest articulation and aggregation: parties are in most of our favours, and we have more in common with them than in disagreement. Either refers to how the elite ruled before democracy/suffrage or, Dependent upon membership, can be described as opposite of cadre because this depends on its members for money, etc. because itr doesn"t have elitist money. Bottom up: depends on members for the resources to challenge elites. Say and do anything just to catch all votes.
