Exam 6: Political Parties

The Green Party and the former Reform Party of Canada might be described as ________ parties.

Canada legally established quotas for female candidates for election in 2015.

What are electoral-professional parties?

Primary elections are held to choose the candidates in ________.

At the 2009 Liberal party convention, who was confirmed as the leader of the Liberal party?

Briefly describe the difference between a brokerage party and a programmatic party.

Explain how the party system in Western countries developed according to the theory of Lipset and Rookan. How has this changed in more recent years?

What politician became the first member of the Green Party to be elected as a Member of Parliament in 2011?

In Canada, contributions to political campaigns from businesses and trade unions have been banned.

How does a cadre party differ from a mass party?

The New Democratic Party of Canada has its roots in the ________.

Which of the following has no intention of seeking votes outside their segment of society?

A generalization that claims that all organizations, even those that appear democratic, inevitably become dominated by a small group of leaders, is termed the ________.

What party, established in 1987, appealed to Western Canadians who were distrustful of the Progressive Conservative government's efforts to satisfy Quebec's demands for constitutional change?

Identify the three main types of party systems that analysts use to classify parties in liberal democracies.

Define a cadre party.

Membership in political parties has generally been increasing in recent decades.

In An Economic Theory of Democracy, Anthony Downs argued that in a two-party system, the parties will tend to ________.

Researchers have found that there is a tendency for leading political parties to become ______ ideological as time passes and to drift to the centre of the ideological spectrum.

The Conservative party originated in the 19th century as a/an ________ party.