Chapter 7

An organization that has a central role in the competition for political power in legislative bodies and in governing.

A loosely organized party usually established by members of a legislative body with the support of local notables. Cadre parties are concerned with electing members of the party to legislative bodies, rather than with building a strong, centralized, membership-based organization outside of the legislature.

A party that draws its support from a regular dues paying membership and features a strong party organization outside of the legislature

A meeting of delegates from party constituency associations as well as the party’s legislators and party officials.

Mass parties, Cadre parties are father away from the link

A generalization that claims that all organizations even those that appear democratic, inevitably become dominated by a small group of leaders.

Farmer’s movement, religious movements, nationalist movements

A political party whose dominant concern is winning elections and that relies on professional experts to market the party to voters

A party that attempts to find compromises to accommodate a variety of interests (particularly regional and ethnic/cultural divisions) so as to try to build broad support across the country in a non-ideological manner

The Liberal party in the sense that these parties have attempted to find compromises to accommodate a variety of interests

A party that has a distinct ideological perspective or a coherent set of policy goals that are consistently followed over time NDP - devote greater attention to the development of a coherent party program and view themselves as more principled than other parties

A party established to promote the election of a particular individual as prime minister or president

A social division that involves those associated with each grouping having a distinct collective identity and distinct interests that can lead to the development of organizations such as political parties that reflect the different sides of the social division

A party system in which two major parties contend to control the government. Two-Party systems are competitive in the sense that a single party does not govern for a lengthy period of time

A political party system featuring several parties that are significant actors in the competition for political power

A party system in which a single party rules for long periods of time and the opposition parties are not likely to gain the support needed to successfully challenge the dominant party for control of the government

A state-run election in which citizens select the candidates for the party they support prior to the general election

A closed door meeting of the party’s parliamentary members