POLS 229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Scottish National Party, Party System, Authoritarianism
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Political party- people forming together to utilize power to create influence, goal of placing its members in gov. Something related to ideas such as political values, ideals, identification. There are multiple parties bc there exists multiple sets of values and preferences. Ex: scottish national party now becoming 3rd largest party in uk bc there was a need for it ethnic diversity. Cultural context such as confucius warning against parties. Two properties: number of parties, can affect the spectrum of democracy to authoritarianism, relations among them, when there is competition it is called competitive party system, the less competition the more authoritarian leaning. Satori"s definition- 2 categories: the major parties we speak of are the ones with governing potentials or are major players. Can be majority party: the smaller parties with blackmail potential, can split votes and influence agenda. Limited multiparty tend to be more consensual, voters are willing to vote bc the parties re in coalitions.
