POL S235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Tactical Voting, Corporatism, Party System
23 Feb 2017
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Political parties: a political organization that seeks to influence policy, typically by getting candidates and members elected or appointed to public office. Party sytem: patterns of party politics characterized by the number of relevant parties in a country. Interest groups: organizations that make demands in the political system on behalf of their constituents and members. Civil society: the set of organizations in civic life outside the state through which citizens associate and articulate and advance their interest; includes civic associations, interest groups, and volunteer organizations. Elite parties: political parties in which membership and scope were largely restricted to a small number of political elites. Mass parties: parties consisting of large numbers of citizens as members and that undertake massive political moblilization. Catch-all parties: political parties that are flexible on their ideological positions and aim to attract support from a broad range of interest groups and voters.
