Political Party Systems Flashcards
1
Q
One Party Systems
A
One Party Controls the Government (and regularly wins)
2
Q
Two Party Systems
A
2 large Parties control the Country
3
Q
Moderate Party Systems
A
3-5 parties control the Country
parties tend to cluster toward the center
4
Q
Extreme Multiparty Systems
A
6-8 parties
Extremely Polarized, there is a middle group, but more outliers
5
Q
Institutionalized Party Systems
A
The parties are instituted
stable
we know who supports them, and where they lie on the spectrum
ex: Germany, US, Chile
6
Q
Inchoate Party Systems
A
Party Systems are weak, poorly organized, based on personalistic politics
Short lived parties
7
Q
MAINWARING
A
high number of parties = trouble in democracy
