POLITICAL PARTIES
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Title
POLITICAL PARTIES
Creator
DR. S. B. M. MARUME
DR. A. S. CHIKASHA
PROF. D. NDUDZO
Description
olitical Science studies domestic politics of a state or states, and contains political dynamics as one
of its sub-fields of study which in turn has as one of its sub-sub-fields – political parties, a special topic for
examination of this article. As a factual statement, political parties occupy an important place and play a
significant role in the governmental process of a state having democratic political institutions. However, in
countries with government systems characterized by a combination of authorization, a term which signifies non-
democratic government, and democratic parties; parties resembling those found in democracies are likely to
develop, but their importance depends on the degree to which representatives of the people are permitted to
participate in the determination of governmental policy. Under thoroughly authoritarian governments the right
to organize parties is either denied or confined to the membership of the ruling oligarchy. Consequently, party
systems of the type which operate in a democratic or partly democratic environment fail to materialize. As
events of the twentieth and 20th centuries and 21st centuries have demonstrated, authoritarian governments may
be controlled by the leaders of an organization, known as a party, which monopolizes the field of organized
political activity. Examples are the Communist Party of the former Russia; the Communist Party of China; and
the socialist Party of Cuba under Fidel is Castro. Cases of this kind are often attributable to a combination of
authoritarianism and totalitarianism. And in this article consideration is first given to the nature of political
parties, to different varieties of parties, and to the functions which parties normally perform. Thereafter the
discussion covers such matters as the character of party organization, the several kinds of party systems, and
the reasons why political parties are invaluable in a democracy
of its sub-fields of study which in turn has as one of its sub-sub-fields – political parties, a special topic for
examination of this article. As a factual statement, political parties occupy an important place and play a
significant role in the governmental process of a state having democratic political institutions. However, in
countries with government systems characterized by a combination of authorization, a term which signifies non-
democratic government, and democratic parties; parties resembling those found in democracies are likely to
develop, but their importance depends on the degree to which representatives of the people are permitted to
participate in the determination of governmental policy. Under thoroughly authoritarian governments the right
to organize parties is either denied or confined to the membership of the ruling oligarchy. Consequently, party
systems of the type which operate in a democratic or partly democratic environment fail to materialize. As
events of the twentieth and 20th centuries and 21st centuries have demonstrated, authoritarian governments may
be controlled by the leaders of an organization, known as a party, which monopolizes the field of organized
political activity. Examples are the Communist Party of the former Russia; the Communist Party of China; and
the socialist Party of Cuba under Fidel is Castro. Cases of this kind are often attributable to a combination of
authoritarianism and totalitarianism. And in this article consideration is first given to the nature of political
parties, to different varieties of parties, and to the functions which parties normally perform. Thereafter the
discussion covers such matters as the character of party organization, the several kinds of party systems, and
the reasons why political parties are invaluable in a democracy
Publisher
IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Date
2016
Files
Collection
Citation
DR. S. B. M. MARUME, DR. A. S. CHIKASHA, and PROF. D. NDUDZO, “POLITICAL PARTIES,” ZOU Institutional Repository, accessed July 6, 2025, https://ir.zou.ac.zw/items/show/151.
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