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Parties
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Background What is a political party? –Goals? What led parties forming? How do we mobilize? –Or maybe better yet, why do we mobilize? How do we recruit leaders?
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Organizations and Systems How do we organize parties? One-party system –Only one can be active Dominant-party system –Allowed to, but don’t –PRI in Mexico—70 years Two-party system –Two parties trade off power Multiparty system
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Michels Iron Law of Oligarchy
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Interest Groups
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Background What are they? Barriers to functioning well: –Not all are equally well organized –Some groups command disproportionate voice –Lack structures to ensure that leaders will be responsive to members’ wishes
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Logic of Collective Action Free-riders Collective goods Group size Selective incentives Coerce Large members make it happen
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Types Sectoral –Unions, corporations, Professions Institutional –Army, Red Cross, Public university Promotional –NAACP, NRA, Christian Coalition
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Tactics Control of Information and Expertise Electoral Activity Use of Economic Power Campaign Contributions Public Information Campaigns Violence and Disruption Litigation
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Abstractions Pluralism v. Neocorporatism
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