Special TA Office Hours (April 5 th -7 th ) Jason Hildebrandt Jason Hildebrandt  Monday 1:00-2:00  Wednesday 1:00-2:00 Laszlo Sarkany Laszlo Sarkany.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Interest Aggregation & Political Parties
Advertisements

Chapter One: The Democratic Republic.
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
Please note... n class will be cancelled on Thursday, November n please conceal your disappointment.
Quick Survey Do you agree or disagree with the following: Parties do more to confuse the issues than to provide a clear choice on issues. The best way.
Quick Survey  Do you agree or disagree with the following:  parties do more to confuse the issues than to provide a clear choice on issues.  the best.
Parties, elections and the electoral systems Lubomir Kopecek CDK & Educational Initiatives, December 2011.
Democracy: What is It? February 26th, Democracy – Basic Elements consent of the governed (process) consent of the governed (process) – free and.
Click to add text Political Parties Elizabeth May The Green Party The House of Commons.
Public Policy A general agreement of how government will deal with certain issues or problems of the community Example: the Town Center- encouraging the.
Chapter 10 Parties, Party Systems and Interest Groups.
Warm Up: What does it mean to be politically liberal or conservative?
Political Parties and Elections in Canada D Brown St Francis Xavier University Pol Sci 222 Winter term 2013.
Political Parties and Elections in Canada D Brown St Francis Xavier University Winter term 2010.
  Political Power: the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions  Use of power:  Overt power:
Political parties What is the Republican party? Who are the Republican party? What is the Democratic party? Who are the Democratic party? What issues.
Electoral Systems Ensuring Representation, Ensuring Stability February 4 th, 2003.
Objective Assess the reasons for the two-party system in the U.S., and decide whether there should be reforms fostering 3 rd parties. Assess various electoral.
Political Parties, Elections, & Interest Groups
Theory of Democratic Government
Dilemmas of Democracy. Plato’s Cave Ideology –Myths and Reality Competing Myths False Security Myths Assumption Myths Desire and Hope Myths –Political.
The “-isms” and the Parties January 31 st. ws/Satisfaction+with+Canadian+ democracy+hits+rock+bottom+su rvey+finds/ /story.html.
Thursday June 18th,  Legitimacy: ‘degree to which citizens accept the actions…of government [and] state actors’ ◦ Democratic Legitimacy  Representative.
Public Policy A general agreement of how government will deal with certain issues or problems of the community Example: the Town Center- encouraging the.
PowerPoint 4: Political Parties
Partisanship and Group Voting POLS 4349 Dr. Brian William Smith.
Interest Aggregation. Interest aggregation A.The activity in which the political demands of individuals are combined into policy programs Competing demands.
TOPIC 2 POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. PARTY SYSTEMS One-party systems are usually found in nations with authoritarian governments. Minor parties exist in two-party.
Elections and Democracy January 29 th. Last Day: “Please Vote for Me” As an experiment in holding a democratic election, was it a success? – What are.
VOTING and ELECTIONS (Conclusion) July 16 th, 2003.
Interest Groups Interest Representation (Cont’d) March 13th, 2003.
Democracy: What is It? (Cont’d) March 2nd, Democracy -- A Process Representative (Delegate) Democracy Direct Democracy Participatory Democracy Representative.
What were the criteria that voters prioritized for redistricting when they approved the California Redistricting Commission (CRC) initiative? If the legislature.
Chapter Five Interest Aggregation and Political Parties Copyright © 2012, 2010, 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
How Citizens Elect Governments. Voting  Voting in an election has been called the single most important act of political participation.  Democracies.
Political Parties in Canada D Brown D Brown St Francis Xavier University St Francis Xavier University Winter term 2007 Winter term 2007.
INTEREST GROUPS. Interest Groups n the proliferation of interest groups n interest group strategies n interest groups and democracy.
Political Parties Interest Aggregation Interest Representation.
Chapter 9.  In 2003 Iraq held its first real election in more than 30 years?  Despite threats of terrorism there was a very good turn out to vote...
Reminders!! No class next Tuesday...please conceal your disappointment! No tutorials next week – TA’s will hold office hours instead! if you have questions.
Public Policy A general agreement of how government will deal with certain issues or problems of the community Example: the Town Center- encouraging the.
Allison Botkin M1L1 BLOG ASSIGNMENT.  Democracy is a type of government where the power is derived from the people based on their preferences  The people.
Politics in British Columbia What do we want ?. What do we have now? What do we have now? 1Adversarial politics 1Adversarial politics 2Government dominance.
PowerPoint 4: Political Parties
Extra TA Office Hours – This week* Extra TA Office Hours – This week* Jason Hildebrandt Jason Hildebrandt  Friday 10:00-12:00 Laszlo Sarkany Laszlo Sarkany.
Political Parties Interest Aggregation Interest Representation March 30 th, 2004.
American Government and Organization PS1301 Monday, 26 January.
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.Slide 2 Chapter 5, Section 1 Objectives 1.Define a political party. 2.Describe.
Chapter Five Interest Aggregation and Political Parties.
Media Influence in Politics? Myth or Reality? March 4, 2003.
POLITICAL PARTIES Chapter 9. The Role of Political Parties in American Democracy  What Are Political Parties?  Abide by party platform  Includes party.
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
The Political Spectrum
Political Parties Chapter 5.
PowerPoint 4: Political Parties
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
How representative democracies elect their leaders
Theme: political parties.
Democracy in Practice.
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
Political Parties and the Political Spectrum
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
Chapter 5: Political Parties Section 1
PowerPoint 4: Political Parties
Political Parties POD / Economics.
Presentation transcript:

Special TA Office Hours (April 5 th -7 th ) Jason Hildebrandt Jason Hildebrandt  Monday 1:00-2:00  Wednesday 1:00-2:00 Laszlo Sarkany Laszlo Sarkany  Monday 10:00-12:00  Monday 1:00-3:00 Nadir Budhwani Nadir Budhwani  TBA Esmorie Miller Esmorie Miller  Tuesday 11:00-12:00  Wednesday 11:00-12:00 Matt O’Rourke Matt O’Rourke  Tuesday 10:00-11:00  Tuesday 1:00-2:00 Korhan Yazgan Korhan Yazgan  Monday 1:00-2:00  Wednesday 1:00-2:00 Nikki Petruniak Nikki Petruniak  Tuesday, 10:00-11:00  Tuesday 1:00-2:00 Herb Shields Herb Shields  Tuesday 1:00-3:00  Wednesday 1:00-3:00

Electoral Systems (Cont’d) Ensuring Representation, Ensuring Stability March 30 th, 2004

Alternative Systems: Proportional Representation representation (# of seats) directly proportional to share of popular vote received (# of votes)

Hypothetical Results Under Different Electoral Systems Election % VoteSeats: SMPS Seats: PR Liberal CA BQ NDP PC

Hypothetical Results Under Different Electoral Systems Election % VoteSeats: SMPS Seats: PR Liberal40.8%172 (57%) CA25.5%66 (22%) BQ10.7%38 (12.6%) NDP8.5%13 (4.3%) PC12.2%12 (4%)

Hypothetical Results Under Different Electoral Systems Election % VoteSeats: SMPS Seats: PR Liberal40.8%172 (57%)127 CA25.5%66 (22%)77 BQ10.7%38 (12.6%)30 NDP8.5%13 (4.3%)27 PC12.2%12 (4%)37

LiberalCanadian Alliance Progressive Conservative Bloc Quebecois New Democrats 2000PR2000PR2000PR2000PR2000PR Atlan tic QB ON MB/ SK AB/ BC CD A

Electoral Systems & Democracy SMPS  exaggerates political dominance of largest group of voters to emphasize leadership, stability and accountability do all models of democracy value bold leadership equally??  creates false majority rule  concern with rights of minorities?  concern with representation? proportional representation  more competition and choice  better representation of various interests  more effective and meaningful political participation  higher level of consensus required for government to act

Political Parties Interest Aggregation Interest Representation March 30 th, 2004

Political Parties vs. Interest Groups interest groups strive to influence political outcomes political parties strive to become the governing party both represent political interests  political parties also aggregate interests  in doing so, political parties act to filter interests

Type of Political Parties basis of organization  electoral-professional parties vs. mass parties basis of electoral competition  pragmatic parties (brokerage parties)  ideological-programmatic parties  interest parties 

Ideological/Programmatic Parties organized around social cleavages  class  religion  ethnicity  region traditional conceptions of ideology  left vs. right

The Ideological Spectrum The Left -- Socialist The Right -- Conservative government regulation of the economygovernment regulation of the economy policies to help disadvantaged groupspolicies to help disadvantaged groups policies to redistribute incomepolicies to redistribute income greater reliance on the marketgreater reliance on the market fewer government regulationsfewer government regulations no special treatment for special interest groupsno special treatment for special interest groups lower taxeslower taxes More Gov’t Less Gov’t

General Trends -- Political Parties the rise of pragmatism  increasingly parties try to compete for the middle ground  differences between parties fading

The Ideological Spectrum The Rise of Pragmatism The Left -- Socialist The Right -- Conservative Tony Blair (Britain) New Labour Bill Clinton (US) New Democrats George W. Bush (US) Compassionate Conservatism

General Trends -- Political Parties single member plurality systems encourage pragmatic parties; PR promotes ideological/interest parties the rise of pragmatism  parties increasingly competing to occupy the centre of the political spectrum  reasons?  success of pragmatic parties has been self-reinforcing  the fall of communism  affluence of western industrialized societies

Political Parties & Democracy mass parties vs. electoral- professional parties  mass parties encourage greater participation in politics by the public  majoritarian democrats  electoral-professional parties  parties perform minimalist function of structuring elections  elite democrats

Political Parties & Democracy ideological/interest parties vs. pragmatic parties  ideological/interest parties  gives clear electoral choices help make elections meaningful encourages greater mass participation  majoritarian democrats  pragmatic parties  depend on party elites (to broker deals among various interests)  elections differences between parties are limited electoral choice is really about best management team  elite democrats

Political Parties & Democracy liberal democrats  crucial point is that individuals remain free to form political parties (and contest elections) free from state interference

Interest Groups Interest Representation

Interest Groups organizations whose members act together to influence gov’t policy on specific issues, without contesting elections (different from parties!)  how do they influence -- lobbying play an important role in representing citizen demands to gov’t

Determinants of Interest Group Influence: size (membership) and cohesion information, expertise leadership, level of organization financial resources high-status (celebrity) membership values, goals, tactics, issue -- compatible with broader public opinion?  ability to sway public opinion

Determinants of Influence - - Institutionalization institutionalization -- degree to which a group has become an acknowledged actor in/part of the political process levels of institutionalization institutional/associational/anomic danger for group -- co-optation to become institutionalized, interest groups must adopt norms and behaviours inside the broader governing consensus must be more concerned with preserving priveleged position in the long-term than winning on certain issues danger for government – capture government relies on group to the point that it loses it ability to act autonomously in that issue area

What Interest Groups Do -- Lobbying tactics  quiet consultations  lobbying elected officials  lobbying bureaucratic officials  mobilizing public opinion  media campaigns  public demonstrations the paradox of interest group influence  the most powerful interest groups are often the most quiet!

Interest Groups and Democracy majoritarian democratic critique of interest group pluralism  interest group politics is grossly uneven  well-financed, privileged interests hold the advantage  the paradox of interest group influence  the strongest interest groups (e.g. economic interests) do not have to lobby in order to have influence  interest group influence displaces the influence of the general public  special interest groups

Interest Groups and Democracy elite democracy  interest group competition and lobbying (even if grossly uneven) is fine so long as...  political elites retain the power to make overall decisions in the general welfare the summation of all interest group demands does not equal the general welfare

Interest Groups and Democracy liberal democracy  pluralism  as long as individuals are free to form interest groups, interest group competition represents interests in society  groups do not have to be equal; groups have to have equal opportunity to compete