PHYSICS 102 Lecture 13:
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Task 5, political organizations and representation in government. Different ways to participate: vote in elections or referendums, referendum > device of direct democracy, be a member of a party, activist, be a member of influential group. Different types of parties: cadre and mass parties, cadre party > professional party members with doctrinal discipline, mass party > broad membership and wide electoral base. Catch-all" party > get as many votes as possible: representative and integrative parties, representative > tries to reflect public opinion to secure votes, based on rational choice model. Integrative > goal to mobilize, educate and inspire masses: constitutional and revolutionary parties, constitutional > respect rights of other parties, operate within rules of electoral competition, revolutionary > aims to overthrow existing structure, left-wing and right-wing parties. Left-wing > commitment to change, open for reform. Increase of importance of image and personality over policies and issues > reduced impact of parties policy formulation.
