Perbandingan Konstitusi: Party System | Muchamad Ali Safa'at

PARTY SYSTEMS
Muchamad Ali Safa’at

PARTY SYSTEMS
 Two Party  Single Party Majority Gov.
 Multy Party  Coalition/Consensus Gov.

Two Party System
 Clear choice between two alternative
 Moderating influence
 Stable and effective single party cabinet

Multi Party
 Represent all society
 Many alternatives to vote

The effective number of
parties
 Measured in terms of parliamentary seats
 Relevant rules for counting:
 Coalition potential

 Blackmail potential
 Ideological compatibility

Calculated Political Parties Number
(Markku Laakso dan Rein Taagepera )

N=1/∑si2
N adalah jumlah partai, si adalah proporsi kursi dari partai.

The Issue Dimension
 Socioeconomic: Leftish – Rightist (Gov. budget,

equalization, unemployment, education, health,
social welfare).

 Religious: Religious – Secular
 Cultural – Ethnic: Ethnic cleavages
 Urban – Rural: Agrarian – Industrial
 Regime Support
 Foreign Policy

 Materialist – Postmaterialist