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Declining "partiness" of society? Main Points
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Have decreased in:
Party legitimacy Party Organization System Functionality Reasons for extra parties The Media The French Story The American Story |
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"Partiness"
Party legitimacy |
electoral volatility has gone up (calls into question credible commitments)
# of parties has risen electoral turnout has gone down (not same benefits from party politics- more convergent, more independent voters) Partisan attachment (Weakening party ID) Anti-Party Views |
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"Partiness"
Party Organization |
more $$$ spend on campaigns and staff on national level
Decline in local party organization |
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"Partiness"
System Functionality |
Political recruitment (how they get candidates can be seedy)
Control over public policy- government (challenged by corporatism or beaurocratic power? Articulation and aggregation of interests (picking what it wants, putting together all intersts -- Interest groups and social movements affect) |
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"Partiness"
Reasons for Extra Parties |
Anti-immigrants
In general, politics more issue-specific Hot button issues |
