What are the political parties? Explain them with their purposes and functions.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 476.

Chapter 12

What are the Disadvantages and Advantages of the Parliamentary System?

What is the Parliamentary System?

(Slides 25, “types of government, Presidential&Parlamentary”)

Disadvantages:

-The head of government isn't directly elected by the people. Instead, they are elected by the strongest party in a parliament.

-There is no real check of the legislative power because no “body” can veto the legislation passes by the parliament.

-Elections can happen at any time, and sometimes this can be taken advantage of.

Advantages:

Power is more equally spread. Instead of voting for a person the people are voting for the person's platform or ideas.

Is good for “ethnically, racially, or ideologically” divided countries since power is more divided among all the 150+ members of government.

The prime minister can be removed at any time.

Political parties are vehicles of power. They enable groups within the state to come to power and rule. Party is formal organization which is more or less centralized. The political parties of the United States are among those least centralized. Parties may come to power through elections of various form,or by a coup d'etat or revolution.

Purposes:

The core of a political party's purpose, and the basis on which most scholars define parties, is their role as electoral organizations: get their party's candidates elected to office.

Functions):

-recruit candidates

-nominate candidates

-mobilize voters

-contest elections

-form government

-coordinate policy

-provide accountability