Ch. 11 - Parties

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12
P I
   
O R
3                       
M U L T I - M E M B E R O
   
I N
4          5 
W I T H I N D  
     
I E L
6    7     
P C M P R I A
         
O A O O W
         
L L C L  
         
I   R I O
    8                 
T M T W O - P A R T Y F
         
I O T I  
9         
H C V I C O
      10     
E A E A C A L
  11         
T L L M N L I
12                                               
L I B E R A L   D E M O C R A T I C   P A R T Y G
           
R R I N P A
13           
C O G N T A R
14          15                 
L O N G E T R E P U B L I C A N
        16   
N E R E L T H
           
G N R A Y Y
       
R E E B
       
E O S O
       
S U T U
17           
L E S S S   R
     
  G  
  18       
P M O R E P
     
A O A
19                             
M A U R I C E   D U V E R G E R
     
T P T
   
Y Y

Across

  1. Which type of election system tends to produce political parties that are more ideologically and programmatically distinct: SINGLE-MEMBER or MULTI-MEMBER districts? (12)
  2. Compared to the U.S., the more disciplined political party systems (e.g., in the U.K.) tend to recruit leaders primarily from WITHIN or OUTSIDE the party organization? (6)
  3. The initials of the dominant party in Mexican national politics from 1920-97. (3)
  4. Single-member-district elections tend to produce which: TWO-PARTY or MULTI-PARTY systems? (9)
  5. The name of the conservative political party that was dominant in Japanese national politics from 1955-2007. (three words) (24)
  6. Political parties tend to provide which kind of political identity or community in most democracies: SHORT term or LONG term? (4)
  7. From 1860 until 1932, this was the dominant political party in U.S. national elections. (10)
  8. Compared to the parties in the U.K., the parties in the U.S. have MORE or LESS control over nominations of party candidates? (4)
  9. Compared to the parties in the U.S., the parties in the U.K. have MORE or LESS control over the campaign funds available to their party's candidates? (4)
  10. The name of the French political sociologist who first explained what caused some countries to have a two-party system but other countries to have a multi-party system. (two words) (16)

Down

  1. The phrase that describes an unorganized group of people who share one or more political interests. (two words) (18)
  2. The prediction, advanced by the German political sociologist Robert Michels, that all forms of organization, regardless of how democratic or autocratic they may be at the start, will eventually and inevitably develop into oligarchies. (four words) (21)
  3. From 1932 until 1968, this was the dominant political party in U.S. national elections. (10)
  4. A phrase that describes an organized group of people who seek to advance shared political interests by influencing government policies from the outside through lobbying, litigating, electioneering, etc. (three words) (24)
  5. A phrase that describes an organized group of people who seek to advance shared political interests by influencing government policies from the inside by gaining elected or appointed public offices. (two words) (15)
  6. Two-party systems tend to produce parties that are internally HETEROGENEOUS or HOMOGENEOUS? (13)
  7. The initials of the dominant party in South Africa from 1990 to the present. (3)
  8. Compared to the parties in the U.S., the parties in Europe collect LARGER or SMALLER amounts of money from member dues? (6)
  9. The name of the dominant party in India from 1947-77. (two words) (14)
  10. The name of the dominant party in Israel from 1948-77. (two words) (12)


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