Political Science 2230E Lecture 11: Week 11
24 Nov 2016
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Political party: (cid:498)organized group that nominates candidates and contests elections in order to influence the personnel and policy of government(cid:499) )deology: (cid:498)the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program(cid:499) Welfare liberals helping individuals to be free. Business liberals view the state as inhibiting self-fulfillment: liberals, conservatives, new democratic party, green party. Red tories: advantaged within society, but has compassionate eye for those who are less advantaged than themselves. Seek to win majority of seats and form government. Primarily committed to ideology or policy goals. Less focused on electoral victory committed to policy goals. New democratic party, bloc quebecois, reform party, green party. Party system: (cid:498)the sum total of parties represented in the house of. Relationship of national institutions and political parties. Ways party raise money and are able to raise money. Parties were loose coalitions of groups: conservative party (1854) with ontario tories and moderates, Parties were relatively weak in terms of organization, policy development.
