POLS 110 Lecture : November 22, 2012- Failure of Political Parties.docx
14 Apr 2013
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Inability to accommodate regional, cultural, linguistic or sectarian interests. Don"t represent interests (class, ideology, or gender, age) Patronage used to support a party because of future rewards. Increase in the judicialization of politics: parties no longer have much say in patronage. The way television mediates discussion around what is political. Predominance of polling: no need for a policy conference when you can get info on what the public is thinking. Interest groups: sometimes lead to the formation of political parties. Lobbyists: influence policy at an elite level. Think tanks: conducts research and advocates in social policy. Challenge the assumptions around what is political. But interested in how interests are represented and which claim victory in policy processes. The look of the things and the way they work are inextricably bound together jane jacobs. Political life is a system of behaviour embedded in an environment. Political system is one which there is an authoritative allocation of values .
