Political parties (2) Key Words

• Aggregation: a process undertaken by political parties, of converting policies, demands and ideas into practical policy programmes for gov.
• Populism: a political movement and way of campaigning that appeals to people’s emotions and prejudices by telling them what they want to hear. E.g. Trump’s “make america great again”
• Left-wing: those who desire change, reform and alteration to the way in which society operates. often involves radical criticisms of capitalism made by modern liberal and socialist parties
• Right-wing: reflects support for the status quo, little or no change, stressing the need for order, stability and hierarch; generally relative to conservative parties
• Political parties: groups of people with shared views seeking to obtain gov office through elections and tend to share a common ideology such as conservatism, socialism or liberalism.
• Policy: a set of intentions or a political programme developed by parties or gov. Policies reflect the political stance of parties and gov
• Representative function: parties claim to respresentative a specific section of society e.g. UK labour developed in the early 20th century to represent the working class
• one nation conservative: accepting there are divisions but strive for peace and unity in society
• compassionate conservative: e.g. David Cameron, a socially liberal conservative
• Manifesto: policies and promises made by a party before they enter gov
• Party faction: a sob-group within a party that share views possibly against party ideas
• New Right: also known as thatcherism, a focus on improving the economy but also anti-permissive
• Dependency culture: as a society becoming too dependent on state intervention etc
• Monetarism: controlling the supply of money as a method of stabilising the economy
• Keynesian economics: a mixed economy (free and command economy) with some nationalised industry
• Sleaze: corruption and scandal
• classical liberals: early liberals who believed that individual freedom would best be achieved with the state playing a minimal role
• modern liberals: believe that, under free market capitalism, many individuals are not truly free, and that the state must help them in a more active way