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political parties
- definitions: a group trying to gain control over governmental power through winning elections
- sartori sees this as imprecise bc not all parties seek power -
he defines relevant parties as those with coalition or
blackmail potential
- hard to define bc: some parties dont compete in competitive
elections: Syrian Ba'ath party, Chinese communist party,
N.Korean Worker's party
- some parties in democratic countries are plain ridiculous - don't have sartori's definiton eg Monster raving looney party and anti-powerpoint party SZ
- sartori sees this as imprecise bc not all parties seek power -
he defines relevant parties as those with coalition or
blackmail potential
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