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Political Parties - Coggle Diagram
Political Parties
Interest Groups
Interest Group Goals
Seek new positive benefits to promote the group's interests
To defend current benefits to protect the group's interests
Interest Group Benefits
Material Benefits
Solidary Benefits
Purposive Benefits
Collective Action
Public Good
Free Rider
Origins and Growth of Interests Groups
Theoretical Perspectives on Formation
Exchange Theory
Group Entrepreneur
By-Product Theory
Niche Theory
Pluralist Theory
Growth of Interest Groups
281% Increase from 1959-1990
almost 24,000 groups in 2008
3.3 billion spent on lobbying
Interest Group Resources and Activities
Political Resources
Membership
Money
Leadership and Expertise
Political Tactics
Coalition Building
Overlapping interests
Logrolling
Lobbying
Direct
Indirect
Shaping Public Opinion
Campaign Support
Lobbying In Court
Test Case
Amicus Curiae Brief
Power and Regulation of Interest Groups
Power and Influence
PACs
Super PACs
Regulation of Activity
Hard Money
Soft Money
FECA
BCRA
Citizens United v. FEC
What Political Parties Do
Promote Government Responsiveness
Promote Government Accountability
Facilitate Participation
Simplifying Alternatives
Aggregating Interests
Stimulating Interest in Politics and Government
Promote Stability and Peaceful Resolution of Conflict
The Responsible Party Model
Enforcing Party Discipline
Divided Government
Strength of Political Parties
Cycles of Party Strength
Strength of Party in Organizations
Merit System
Political Patronage
Direct Primary
Strength of Party in Government
Party Vote
Party Polarization
Conditional Party Government
Majority-Minority Districts
Strength of Party in the Electorate
Single Ticket Voters
The Concept of Political Parties
Membership in Political Parties
Party in the electorate
Party in government
Party organization
Incentives for Association
Party professionals/political machine
Policy-motivated activists/amateurs and purists
Factions, Interests, Parties according to Madison
Two-Party Competition in American Politics
American Party Competition at the National Level
HIstorical Factors
Electoral Rules
Duvenger's Law
Single-member district plurality system
Parliamentary system
Proportional representation
Presidential system
Natural Perpetration of Two-Party System
Minor Political Parties
Third party
Goals and types
Effects of Minor Parties
General Types of Party Systems
Two-party system
Multiparty system
One-party system