Political Parties

Course content

This course is composed of two main sections. In the first section, the role of political parties is discussed in relation to the political system and social structure. In this section main issues of interest are social class, interest articulation, election systems, parliamentary democracy, one party states, and the relations of social groups with the state. In the second section, political party as an institution is studied. The subject matters of this section are party organization, leadership, membership, fractions, inter party democracy, and the relationships of party structure and ideology are.