On Dec 19, 2007, at 16:38 , Kevin Venzke wrote:
I guess by "no parties" we mean that party affiliation is not the
overwhelming consideration of voters, and the party leadership's
decisions
are not the overwhelming consideration of those candidates who are
elected.
It's basically a state of very weak party discipline.
The "discipline" and "understandability" properties of the party
structure are often in sync but not always. It is possible to have a
very clear party structure (understandable and one that clearly maps
the candidates to ideologies) but a weak discipline. The party
structure could be e.g. hierarchical. The social democratic party
could have well announced left and right wings, a green section etc.
Juho
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