Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Parachuting, Social Credit System, Riding Association
9 Apr 2013
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Party in public office people that are elected. Extra parliamentary party people pay a small fee and get a card. Central office professional organizers work: definition an organized group that nominates candidates and contests elections in order to influence the personnel and policy of government, unconstitutional convention, functions. Representation of interests, work out compromises, educate the public, provide opportunities for citizen participation, build legitimacy for the system. Have conventions where they create electoral platforms, policy goals. How they manage divergent claims made upon the government. Provides an opportunity for citizen participation in politics. How parties get input from people that are not party elites. Functions parties are supposed to form to create to a strong liberal and effective. Happen as a result of the manifest functions democracy. Organize government, mobilize legislative support, organize opposition, fight elections, select local candidates, select pm. What parties do in relation to the wider system in which they are a part.
