POLS 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Primary Election, Corporatism, Cabinetry
4 Dec 2012
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Behind each successful political individual stands a network of organizations providing expertise, financial backing, etc. The candidate we elect is not simply representing us, but represents to us the whole organization of supporters and staff whose passion wit and labour have sustained this candidacy. Models of representation: delegate model attempts to replicate direct democracy at one remove, short-term thinking. Involves going to parliament and vote: trsutee model sees representative democracy as a virtue, not a second-rate alternative to direct democracy. Allows long term thinking as you aren"t held to public opinion; can debate and deliberate. Many people vote by party rather then by individual candidate thus the representative does what party wants: constituency model job to help constituency member deals with a large parliament bureaucracy. Emphasizes that an mps main job is to help with local concerns. Political parties are defined as means of securing scarce positions of authority and power. Political parties serve three masters: leaders, members, broader public.
