PPT-Parties and Party Systems

Why Study Parties in Comparative Politics Parties are the product of democracy and mass franchise They are the storehouses of power and help deepening democracy by democratizing polity and spreading democratic values among citizens The political parties democratize polity by organizing coordinating and collocating political actors and issues . Readings:. Reserves: Aldrich, LaPalombara and Weiner, Neumann, Duverger, Kirchheimer, Epstein, Pizzorno.. Why did political parties develop?. What is an internally created party? . What is an externally created party?. Sociological and Institutional Explanations. Readings: . Ware . CH . 6, . Lipset. and . Rokkan. , . Duverger. , Cox . Guiding Questions . Which factors do sociological approaches emphasize?. What is a cleavage? . Big questions for today. Why have political parties? What function do they play?. Why do some countries have more parties than others?. Why do some issues become salient in some countries (and at some times) but not others?. Party Systems:. Competition Explanations. Ware pgs. . 5-13 and CH 5, Reserves: Sartori. Reading Note. Party Systems: Competition. The library will not place . Sartori. on electronic reserves due to copyright restrictions. 12: . Party System . Change: Realignment and the Freezing of Party Systems. Reserve readings. :. Flanagan and Dalton, . Inglehart. and Flanagan, Shamir, . Mair. Guiding Questions . What is realignment. Lijphart. , Laver and Schofield, Dalton and Wattenberg CH 9. Mueller and Strom pgs. 36-62 or 63-88*. Guiding Questions . What is coalition theory?. How . do we explain which parties get into government?. And Election Systems. I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. Political Parties and What they do. Political Party – a group of people who seek to control government through the winning of elections and holding public office – joined by common principles to affect change. What are they?. Why were they formed?. George Washington Warns Against Political Parties. ". Let me...warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of Party..." . "It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration.... agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one.... against another.... it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. objectives. In what ways do people identify with political parties?. What factors influence party preference?. The Simple Version. DEMOCRATS. INDEPENDENTS. REPUBLICANS. The Simple Version. DEMOCRATS. voters. . prioritized. for . redistricting when they approved the . California Redistricting . Commission (CRC) initiative?.  . If the . legislature. drew the new districts, . what . criteria . would . A . political party . is a group of citizens (voters) with similar views on public issues who work to put their ideas into effect through government action and who band together to elect candidates.. Political Party: A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office.. The primary purpose of the political parties is to control government through winning election to public office.. describe a time in which you were riding in a car with someone who was a really bad driver, and you wanted to stop the car and take over Driving for them- 1 paragraph. describe how you could connect this scenario to modern politics and this idea of one political party being the party in Power-2.