Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Proportional Representation, Auslink, Clear Grits

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Alcantara

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May be defined as organizations that offer slates of candidates to voters at election time. Forsey: voluntary associations of people who hold broadly similar opinions on public questions. Some parties run only to get their policies heard not to win the election: marijuana party, marxist leninist party. Seven functions of political parties in democracies. The origi(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d evolutio(cid:374) of ca(cid:374)ada"s party syste(cid:373) Electoral opportunism flip flops by older parties on key issues only serve to fuel the electorates cynicism about politics in general and their distrust of politicians. With the accession of pierre trudeau to party leadership in 1968, the liberals became ide(cid:374)tified (cid:449)ith a stro(cid:374)g (cid:272)e(cid:374)tral state, e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:374)atio(cid:374)alis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)fre(cid:374)(cid:272)h po(cid:449)er(cid:863) The tories came increasingly to be associated with political decentralization, embraced notion of free trade with the us. Showed a reversal of party positions on the subject of canada us relations.