POLS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Quasi, Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Sarkozy
8 Oct 2015
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Wednesday, october 7, 2015. Looking at interaction of multiple interest groups. System of interest group representation, under which particular associations, representing particular interests, have privileged status to speak for their group. Seen in france, where some interest groups have a privileged seat when it comes to their known policies i. People in government who keep the members of parliament in line. Hand out a paper to mps with specific things that are going to happen that day. The want to restrict competition in order to obtain higher profits. Seeking to be a monopoly. General consensus that rent- seeking is bad i. i. ii. Tariffs are a form of rent- seeking. Effective number of parties a. b. 1 / the sum of the squares of each party"s share of the vote. The effective number of electoral parties, or share of seats in the legislature. How great britain"s electoral system effect the party system a. b.
