POLS 3470 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Sponsorship Scandal, Egalitarianism, Party System
8 Dec 2013
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The amount of influence that corporations (especially large scale financial organizations) and their ability to influence the political process is why there is such fine line between patronage and corruption. Political parties: representation, mobilization, and competition among interests. Political parties are formal associations that contest elections and elect candidates to public office. Are also instruments for the mobilization of financial resources, campaigners and public workers. Changing forms of business interaction with political parties are called the franchise structure by carty and eagles. Laws placed in 2003 strictly regulate the amount that private corporations can donate to political parties and the political process. Although one corporation cannot have power to influence politics, as mentioned in chapter 3, when a cohesive group of business owners and executives comes together, it can be quite possible to influence the political direction and political players. Functional specialization has reduced the role of political parties in the.
