PARTY SYSTEMS Dominant Party single party MultiParty Corporatist

PARTY SYSTEMS

• Dominant Party (single party) • Multi-Party • Corporatist • Pluralist • Coalitions • Extent of formal rules

CHINA • only communist party may govern/control power in China • maintains value of centralism and order • allows other parties to exist to broaden “consultation” • corporatist interests

RUSSIA • Rules ensure one party dominance • Party registration requirements • Only allowing legally registered parties to compete for office • Selective court decisions used to disqualify candidates • Limiting opposition parties’ ability to bring issues to attention of media • Increasing or changing threshold rules to limit party access to ballot (and Duma changes previously designed to eliminate alternative parties while increasing power of dominant party) • Eliminating gubernatorial elections

MEXICO • (transitioning to pluralist, multi-party) • • Mexico has eliminated el dedazo (appointing successor candidate) Privatizing state owned corporations Decrease in patronage Decentralizing and reducing one-party power at subnational level Establishing and strengthening the National Electoral Institute PRI, now also PAN and PRD Parties allowed to form coalitions to nominate candidates

NIGERIA • 30 registered political parties • PDP (People’s Democratic Party) • APC (All Progressives Congress) • Third party • Coalitions of parties • Need at least 25% in 2/3 of regions—federal nature of system • Many parties with ethnic quotas affect representation in the legislature

UK • Conservative vs Labour (First Past Post— 2 party dominant) • Rise of regional nationalist parties • Rise of Liberal Democrats

IRAN • Many parties • Limited linkage to population (not really articulating wide range of interests of people) • Lack of formal party structure