15. What is the Parliamentary System?

16. What are the Disadvantages and Advantages of 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.

Chapter 12

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

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

33.Explain the functions of the political parties

- Bridge between people and government

-aggregation of interests-pulling together separate interests into a large organization

-integration into the political system- workers successfully integrated into political system

-political socialization- introduce candidates, elect officials, conduct meetings

-mobilization of voters-

-organization of government

34. What are the types of the political parties?

Types of the political parties are:

1. One party system

2. Two party system

3. Multi-party system

4. Dominant party system

One party system-government and party closely linked. No opposition parties permitted. No conditions for democracy.

Two party system-either party has genuine chance to win, elections truly competitive.

Multi-party system-competitive elections with multiple parties ensure that no one party can dominate for long.

Dominant party system- one-party dominates for long periods of time. No legal ban on other parties, but only one party has chance to win, and there may be informal harassment of opposition parties.

35. What are the two main Political parties. Outline their differences

Democrats:

-want to reduce military spending

-want more gun control laws

-abortion is purely the woman’s decision

-the persons right to choose their sexuality

-support increase on taxes

-oppose the death penalty

Republicans:

-increase military spending

-oppose gun control laws

-abortion shouldn’t be made legal

-marriage should be between two people pf the opposite sex

-support a cut on taxes

-support the death penalty