### social organization:

Political party
* All political parties are personality-based groupings
  - the expression of economic class interests
  - have equal rights for participation in the political life
* Every political party is the party of a class.
* Many political parties are caste-based which shows the continuing struggle for power
  - base their political action and program on an ideology
* Most political parties continue to neglect public opinion regarding political and economic issues
  - do their work on the basis of a party programme
  - have their own newspapers
  - publish their own newspapers, which frequently criticize government policies
* Political parties acknowledge the youth's disenchantment with politics.
* Political parties are a major influence in government at all levels
  - means to an end
  - reflection of our personality traits
  - an integral part of democratic institutions
  - as varied as the societies in which they function
  - associations of private individuals, but they play a very public role
  - central to all levels of political activity, debate and decision-making
* Political parties are illegal, and elections have never been held
  - there are no organized opposition groups
  - indispensable elements of the democratic political system
  - like neighbors separated by a white picket fence
  - more important than religious institutions
  - organized groups of people who feel a certain way about the government
  - parliament-based alliances of convenience
  - political movement
  - responsible for raising funds for political purposes
* Political parties are the basis of the Australian political system
  - institutionalization of public opinion
  - voluntary
  - campaign for people's support on the basis of their policy statements
* Political parties can be against the law in some places
  - national or regional, and can come and go in a single election cycle
  - die from the same causes
  - make arrangements about sharing preferences with other parties
  - organize and operate freely
  - choose the man or woman they feel best represents their views
  - emphasize religious neutrality
* Political parties exist at the local, state and national levels of government
  - because of legitimate variances in philosophical ideas
  - for the purpose of unity
  - on both federal and state levels
  - to win elections and govern
  - finance many newspapers
* Political parties have a right to communicate with voters
  - no business in the media
  - the important role of pre-vetting candidates for election
  - violent cadres
* Political parties help frame and set the tone of debate
  - make democratic government responsible and accountable
  - join Maoists in opposing military monarchy
  - make possible consensual self-governance by human communities
  - represent various ethnic groups, political ideologies and causes
  - serve a number of purposes
  - share much of the same traits of sports teams that compete
  - tend to use youth as pawns and donkey workers for their own ends
* is an organization
+ Ideology: Philosophy :: Politics :: Sociology
  * Many political parties base their political action and program on an ideology. In social studies, a Political 'Ideology' is a certain ethical set of values, principles, doctrines, myths, or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or large group that explains how society should work, and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order. A political ideology largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used. Some parties follow a certain ideology very closely, while others may take broad inspiration from a group of related ideologies without specifically embracing any one of them.
+ Political party, The law
  * Political parties can be against the law in some places. When some parties get a lot of power, they can make all other political parties illegal. For example, the Nazi Party did this in Germany, and the Communist Party did it in several countries. At other times, countries have outlawed far-left parties. For example, West Germany banned the Communist Party in 1956.