7. SCOPE & FRAME
1) Role in Society
2) What is Party…, Types,
Functions
3) Party Management or
Party institutionalization
4) FORWARD
LOOKING
8. POLITICAL PARTIES
1) Parties & Party System
2) Modern Political Party Management
3) Political Parties & their Relation with Civil Society
and Interest Groups
4) Political Parties in Parliament & Government
5) Political Leadership
6) Challenges for Political Parties in Democratic
Regimes
Functions and Organization in Democratic
Societies
20. DIFFERENCES OF GOV… &
BUREAUCRACY
Elected
Non-elected
EXECUTI
VE
LEGISLAT
URE
BUREAUC
RACY
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22. REQUIREMENT OF A
GOVERNMENT’ OF THE
PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
AND FOR THE PEOPLE
o Politics require ideas and value
o Politics require Social Organizations
o Politics require Institutions
o Politics require Active Citizens
26. EXPECTATIONS AND
REALITIESEXPECTATIONS
① Represent popular interests in organised
politics
② Contribute to policy development and
monitor implementation
③ Function as effective opposition and
ensure regime accountability
④ Ensure political legitimacy
REALITIES
① Often top-down and clientelist with weak
links to people
② Often limited ability to formulate policy and
influence policy-making
③ Often weak organisations with limited
capacity to function as effective opposition
④ Party politics is often seen as non-
representative and ’dirty’
27. EXPECTATIONS AND
REALITIES
1) Represent popular interests
2) policy development
3) Function as effective
4) legitimacy
1) weak links to people
2) limited ability to formulate policy
3) limited capacity
4) non-representative
29. POLITICAL PARTIES
A POLITICAL PARTY is a team of men seeking to control
the governing apparatus by gaining office in a duly
constituted election.
A POLITICAL PARTY is the group of people that is
organized for the purpose of winning government power
.
Parties are often confused with intetest group or social
movements.
30. ROLE
Political parties are central to representative democracy and
democratization.
connect society and the state
aggregate and represent interests
recruit political leaders
share political information
socialize citizens into democratic politics
31. INTERNAL DEMOCRACY
POLITICAL PARTIES WITH
INTERNAL DEMOCRACY
Allow members to express their views freely;
Encourage participation of all members;
Promote the membership of women (and other
politically marginalized groups);
Tolerate differing ideas;
Abide by agreed upon rules and procedures for
decision-making;
Hold leaders accountable to members and
supporters.
POLITICAL PARTIES WITHOUT
INTERNAL DEMOCRACY
Political parties that lack internal
democracy are characterized by:
Isolated and unchanging leadership;
marginalized party members; and
poor internal communication.
33. RELATION WITH CSO AND
INTEREST GROUPS
From its origins in the 19th Century,
Political Parties were originally CSOs.
Political Parties can be considered as political organizations of the
Civil Society that aggregate the interest of a particular group (or
several group), articulate and represent them.
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34. DISTINGUISH FROM PARTIES
Three Major Features; 1) Do not involve in political
competition
2) Mission, objective,
programmes, activities
and areas of interest are
limited
3) More connected
Eg; Trade Union, Bussiness
organizations.
35. LEVEL OF PARTY
ORGANIZATION
1) Base or Municipal Committees (according to residential area or
municipality)
2) District association or association of an electoral constituency
3) Regional association (according to FEDERAL STATE, Region )
4) National association
36. DIFFERENTIATION OF
PARTIES
1) Degree of organization:
2) Socio-political Objective
3) Approach on Social Classes
4) Positioning toward Political System
42. FUNCTION OF POLITICAL
OPINION-MAKING
They articulate and aggregate social
interests;
Parties express public expectations and
demands of social groupings
to the political system.
44. FUNCTION OF INTEGRATION
They develop political programmes;
Parties integrate various interests into a general political project
and transform it into political programme, for which they campaign
to receive the consent and support of majority.
Policy Making
Political
Programme
Development
al Projects
45. FUNCTION OF
SOCIALIZATION &
PARTICIPATIONThey promote the political
socialization and participation of
citizens;
Parties create a link between
citizens and the political
system;
They enable political
participation of individuals
and groupings with the
prospect of success.
46. FUNCTION OF EXERCISING
POLITICAL POWER
They organize the government.
They participate in elections to occupy political charges.
Normally in party democracies, a good part of government authorities
arise from political parties.
47. FUNCTION OF LEGITIMATING
They contribute to the legitimacy of the political system;
In establishing the connection between citizens, social
groupings and the political system, the parties contribute in
anchoring the political order in the consciousness of the
citizens and in social forces.
48. NEED TO SATISFY CERTAIN
CONDITIONS;
1) Principle; Freedom, Justice, Solidarity
2) For collect and aggregate social interest
3) Collect proposals for the organization of society ;
represent, discuss, decide and implement.
4) Take part in political discussions with ideas, demands
and expectations and actively contribute to the
functioning of political institutions.
51. PARTY
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
Systemness: Organisation and
regularity of activities within the party
Value infusion: The extent that party
actors and supporters identify with the
values of party
Decisional autonomy: Freedom from
interference in determining its own
policies and strategies
Reification: The extent that the party’s
existence is established in the public
imagination
52. FORMULATING POLICY
There is a great need to build the capacity of parties so they
can:
Identify what they stand for,
Distill their principles into policy,
Write their manifestos and get their messages across,
Run a campaign,
Recruit candidates and members, and
Convert manifestos into programs for governing.
53. PARTY MANAGEMENT
- OD… organizational development
- Party Member Recruitment
- Communication in Society….internal & external ….. (in party & within
parties)
- Capacity Building & Capacity Promoting
Party institutionalization…
Personal Contact, Presentation or debate, Activity, Freelance
members
Networking
Education and Training of the Party members
54. EDUCATIONAL WORK
Organization of Training Progammes
Preparation of a Training Team
Definition of training targets
Development and composition of suitable material
Selection of Participants
Planning of measures & establishment of cost and
flowcharts
Appointment of Lectures and facilitators
55. POLITICAL TRAINING
Basic Values & Principle of the Party
Understanding of the Political issue (local, economic, and social politics, etc)
Preparation for Political Work for taking on political functions in the
parliament
1. Preparation of functions
2. Handling of the media
3. Membership promotion
4. Election Campaigns
5. Raising of Funds
60. “ Each political party
exists for the benefit of the
people and not for itself.
Political parties, their
members and leaders are
therefore more than ever
required to face this
responsibility”
Konrad Adenauer, the first
Chancellor and Prime Minister of
the Federal Republic of Germany
after the WWII
61. CONCLUSION
Parties should gain in public trust.
Thus,
Party Building include the important role
to make TRUST BUILDING with PEOPLE.
Especially, in times of change this political leadership must be responsible
and visible for the citizens and connected to the interests and demands for
the citizens.