It is possible to classify the political parties into the one party system, the two-part system and the multi-party system. The Two-party system is difined as the party system that has two big parties which are able to hold more than half the number o...
It is possible to classify the political parties into the one party system, the two-part system and the multi-party system. The Two-party system is difined as the party system that has two big parties which are able to hold more than half the number of the parliament seats and some small parties.
When viewed in terms of the influence of political parties, under the two-party system there is usually one party which holds more than the half seats of the parliament. There is a tendency that the power of the two parties is almost balanced. Small parties are unable to join in the cabinet, while they do some functions as small parties.
In the light of the social representation functions, the two big parties are characterized as national parties. Each of the two big parties is not enough in social representation function. There is a tendency for the two parties to come close with each other in the direction of moderate policy.
In the view of the political functions, under the two-party system, the people are able to directly select both the government and the policy through the general elections. Under the two-party system the cabinetism prevails, while under the multi-party system the parliamentalism does. There are many differences between the one-party cabinet under the two party system and the coalition cabinet under the multi-party system.
In the view of party organization, each of the two big parties under the two-parity system often involves various sects in it.