Lecture 9

Question 1

What is the core functions of political parties?

Answer 1

• Recruitment and selections of elites:

recruting political personel and nurture future?
Selecting persons and present them as candidates

Question 2

What are the main functions of parties?

Answer 2

• Political opion-making
• Intrest integration/aggretion function
• Socialization and mobilisation function
• Governing (and opposition function)
• Legitimsation function

Question 3

what is intrest integration/aggreation

Answer 3

parties develop political programmes; Parties integrate various opions into general political projects and transform it into a politcal program

Question 4

What is the socialization and mobilisation model?

Answer 4

Parties create a link between citizens and the political system. They enable politial particiaption of individuals and groupings with the prospect of succes

Question 5

What us the legitimsation function?

Answer 5

Parties contribute to the legitimacy of the political system

Question 6

What are the four orgines from parties?

Answer 6

Parties orginated from conflict.

1. Westphalia 1648 ( reformation of periphere vs centre)
2. French revolution ( seculair state vs church)
3. Industrial revolution (rural agricultral vs industrial intrests)
4. Workers vs owners