Week 9 Terms: Parties and Party Systems

Question 1

Party

Answer 1

Generally permanent organization formed to contest elections (usually) with a goal of occupying positions of authority

Question 2

Elite/Cadre Parties

Answer 2

Earliest modern parties that started to develop local organizational structure (membership solely granted to elites)

Question 3

Mass Parties

Answer 3

Parties with an increased number of participants

Question 4

Catch-All Parties

Answer 4

Parties that try to win support from a larger number of emphasis; emphasis on a decrease in party rhetoric in order to achieve these goals

Question 5

Single-Issue Parties

Answer 5

Parties that center around a single political issue (i.e. the Green Party)

Question 6

Party System

Answer 6

Interaction between significant political parties

Question 7

Single-Party System

Answer 7

Party system in which there is only one viable political party (i.e. Russia)

Question 8

Two-Party System

Answer 8

Party system in which there are two viable political parties (i.e. the United States)

Question 9

Multi-Party System

Answer 9

Party system in which there are multiple viable political parties (i.e. the United Kingdom)

Question 10

Open Party System vs. Closed Party System

Answer 10

Discussed in the electoral system unit