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The 41 pages that link to Political party, each with the reason it gives.
Parliamentary systemNarrower topic: Party discipline often helps parliamentary governments maintain dependable legislative support.
Liberal democracyRelated: Parties organize competition and offer voters distinct governing alternatives.
IdeologyCompared with: Parties may promote ideologies, but they are organizations rather than systems of ideas.
Representative democracyRelated: Parties organize candidates, offer policy programs, and structure legislative cooperation.
Democratic PartyNarrower topic: The Democratic Party is a national example of this form of political organization.
Freedom of associationBroader topic: Forming and joining parties lets people organize political participation.
Interest groupCompared with: Parties primarily pursue office, whereas interest groups primarily seek policy influence.
Taishō democracyNarrower topic: Party organization became the main route for contesting cabinet power.
Voluntary associationBroader topic: Political parties depend on people organizing around shared political aims.
Political pluralismBroader topic: Parties aggregate viewpoints into programs and compete for public office.
Mixed-member proportional representationNarrower topic: Parties are the principal units whose vote and seat shares the list tier aligns.
Party systemNarrower topic: Parties are the actors whose competition and cooperation make up a party system.
Workers’ councilsCompared with: Council advocates often distinguish direct worker representation from rule through a party hierarchy.
Muslim BrotherhoodRelated: Brotherhood members and affiliates have pursued electoral participation through country-specific parties.
Prime ministerRelated: Party leadership often determines who becomes prime minister and how effectively they govern.
Parliamentary democracyRelated: Parties organize parliamentary majorities and commonly supply ministers.
Political campaignNarrower topic: Parties supply candidates, staff, voter networks, and shared political identities.
Political institutionRelated: Parties connect institutional rules for elections and government to organized political competition.
LegislatureRelated: Parties coordinate members and shape voting coalitions inside legislatures.
Political mobilizationRelated: Parties build durable organizations for recruiting and coordinating political participants.
Women in politicsRelated: Parties control many nomination processes and can either open or restrict routes to office.
Political ideologyRelated: Parties often turn ideological commitments into election platforms and governing agendas.
Political spectrumRelated: Parties are often placed on a spectrum to summarize their platforms and alliances.
Víctor Raúl Haya de la TorreNarrower topic: Haya transformed a regional ideological project into a durable party organization.
Duverger's lawNarrower topic: Duverger's law concerns how electoral rules shape the number and structure of parties.
Alternative for GermanyNarrower topic: The AfD competes for office through Germany’s representative and federal institutions.
Independent politicianCompared with: Party candidates rely on formal affiliation and collective organization that independent politicians lack.
Advocacy groupCompared with: Unlike most advocacy groups, parties nominate candidates and seek to govern.
Chama Cha MapinduziNarrower topic: Chama Cha Mapinduzi operates as a national party with branches, candidates, and governing platforms.
Iron law of oligarchyNarrower topic: Michels examined how party organization can produce leadership dominance.
Hizb ut-TahrirRelated: The organization identifies as a party but rejects elections as its route to power.
Republican factionCompared with: Republican factions can exist without the formal organization or electoral role of a party.
Shyama Prasad MukherjeeNarrower topic: The Jana Sangh gave Mukherjee’s opposition politics a durable party structure.
Third International TheoryCompared with: The theory rejects parties as instruments that let a minority govern in the people’s name.
Virgilio Barco VargasNarrower topic: M-19’s demobilization under Barco made its conversion into an electoral party possible.
American political historyNarrower topic: Parties organize American elections and structure competition for control of government.
LegislatorRelated: Party affiliation shapes legislators’ coalitions, priorities, and voting behavior.
PoliticianRelated: Parties recruit politicians, coordinate campaigns, and organize legislative action.
Politics of the United KingdomNarrower topic: Party organization channels UK electoral competition into parliamentary government.
ParticracyNarrower topic: Particracy is a condition of political parties’ power, rather than a type of party itself.
Politics (governance)Broader topic: Parties aggregate interests and compete to control government.