Political party systems are a result of social conflicts and interests. They are a formation of various groups of political parties in a certain country. The aim of this essay is to validate and evaluate the importance of a multi-party parliament in context of a dominant party system. This essay has been divided into four parts. The first part will briefly describe what party systems are with focus put to the multi-party system and the dominant party system. The second party will briefly explain the formation and function of the multi-party parliament. The third part will be a discussion on the various challenges faced by the multi-party parliament when there is a dominant party in context with South Africa. Finally there will be a well-reasoned conclusion based on the preceding discussion.
Party systems can be described in various ways. Often they are described by the number of political parties that are fighting for the control of government. This differentiates between one, two and multi-party system. A one party system is one where a single party dominates with little to no competition. It is an oppression of political competition and democratic freedom (Hofmeister & Grabow, 2011). A two party system is one where two parties dominate the electoral system with the others having minimal effect on the system. In a multi-party system more than two parties play a significant role in the electoral system.
The multi-party system is a structure whereby several political parties have the ability to gain control of government independently or in union. The effective number of parties is usually more than two but less than ten. Multi-party system is a doctrine that has been seen as most reliable when it comes to maintaining, developing ...
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...ower separation that diminutions any occurrence where one party has complete control over the government.
In conclusion, where there is constitutional supremacy the multi-party parliament is undermined to a minimal extent as there are certain regulations which oversees that complete power does not occur.
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In our Canadian parliamentary system there are many ideologies and practices which aid in the successful running of our country. One of the more important ideologies and practices in our political system is the notion of strict party discipline. Party discipline refers to the notion of members of a political party “voting together, according to the goals and doctrines of the party, on issues that are pertinent to the government” or opposition in the House of Commons. In this paper, I will be discussing the practice of party discipline in the Canadian parliamentary system as well as the ways in which a change in the practice of strict party discipline to weaker party discipline would result in more positive effects on the practice of Canadian politics rather than more negative ones.
system produces conflicts between the Congress and the President and promotes very outdated beliefs that stem from the Constitution. A vast majority of the American population has the stern belief that the Constitution does not need to be changed in any way, shape, or form. This belief, however, is keeping the country from progressing along with other countries around the world. These single parties are holding control of multiple branches of government at once and monopolizing the power during their respective terms. The government “faces an incapacity to govern since each party works as a majority party” and believes there is no reason for innovation (Dulio & Thurber, 2000). The two parties are seemingly always clashing about one thing or the other, making it difficult for things to get accomplished, and proves the thesis correct that the two-party system is ineffective for a growing country.
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