‘Political Parties and Party Systems’, in Politics for Business Students: A Comparative Introduction, | | |edited by R. Eccleston, R. Hollander, E. van Acker and P. Williams. Sydney: Pearson Education, chapter 5. 87-111. |Main point(s) made by |The author defines political parties as ‘a range of organised political groups with different support base, objectives and | |the author(s) |ideologies’ and classifies the political systems as dominant, two-party or multi-party. | | |And then, the author also described how political parties operate in the US, Japan and Sweden. In United State, there are two | | |dominant parties, the Democrats and the republicans, which compete against each other and win almost all the votes between | | |them. And in Japan, it has remained virtually one-party state, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), since 1955. Even this party
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However, in Sweden, the party system there is | | |classified as the Moderate Party which won the 2006 election and the Social Democratic which government for most of the period| | |from 1932 to1976. | | |At last, the author detailedly illustrates the political parties in Australia, including the two major parties the Australian | | |Labor Party (ALP) and the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA). And even the minor parties like the National Party of Australia | | |(NPA), Australia Democrats (ADs) and the Australian Greens are play an important role in Australian politics and impact on | | |business. |Evidence and examples |In introducing one of the important characteristic of US party system, an example that ‘133 Republicans voted against | |used |Republican President George W. Bush’s Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008) in the midst of the global financial | | |crisis. ’ Is used to prove US party system is more lack of party discipline compare with Australia. | |Strong and convincing |In my opinion, the argument that ‘minor parties play an important role in Australian politics and impact on business’ is | |parts of the text |particularly convinced by the examples of minor parties in Australia.
This including the National Party of Australia(NPA)which| | |at a federal level and has successfully defended rural interests and the Australian Democrats(ADs) which committed to | | |environmental protection, social tolerance and civil liberties were influential in amending legislation in the Senate. | | |moreover, the Australian Greens, which now holds five Senate seats and wish to abolish WorkChoices legislation in its entirety| | |and re-establish the conciliation and arbitration powers of the Industrial Relations Commission. | |Weak and unconvincing |The weakness of this article is that the functions of political parties are not detailedly described. Even the author gives | |parts of the text |the opinion on ‘Indeed government could not operate effectively without political parties’ but still doesn’t explain the | | |reasons or give any convinced examples
