Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Party System, University Of Western Ontario
20 Feb 2017
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A relatively stable pattern of relationships amongst parties. Talking about parties in relation to one another, not in isolation. Number of parties in the system, parties behave differently depending on how many there are. What is the size a party needs to be to be considered part of the system. The usual ways of relating things to each other: These components (systematic features, relationships, and interactions) only matter if they actually explain the outcomes. Weakly structures the state: post colonial africa. The party governs over the state, not through the state, so it"s a weal state. Strongly structures the state: communist regimes (full control) This is where two major parties alternate in power: Encourages party moderation, this is where there"s the most catch-all parties. Rarely is this seen in its pure form. Often the party of national liberation (think gandhi, or nelson mandela) Parties don"t just represent constituencies (the body of voters in an area who elect the representative)
