Questions:
1.Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Elections:
a.Provide a paragraph that briefly describes the one positive impact and one negative impact of one of the following: political parties, interest groups, or elections.
b.Provide a paragraph that recommends one option to accentuate the positive impact and one to lessen the negative impact.
2.Thesis statement:
a.Provide a thesis statement for the final paper that identifies the main argument and purpose of the paper.
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a.Provide two credible sources in APA format to support your main points.
b.Briefly discuss how these sources support your main points.
c.Briefly evaluate your sources for bias, validity, and reliability.
Answers:
1. Positive Influence
a. According to La Palombara and Weiner (2015), the political parties in US have been playing an important role to tackle injustice in the society. Therefore, any kind of violence towards any of the citizens has been severely criticized by the political parties. In addition, any unfair policies adversely influencing the common citizens have been strongly resisted. Kreider (2016) mentioned that this has attracted public attention, thereby establishing steps to resist any harmful constituent from affecting the society .Besides this, any abuse of human rights and racial discrimination at the workplace is a pertinent issue in the US. Jackson (2014) stated that political parties have been a source of strength towards the unfairly wronged individual. Thus, he is provided with legal assistance to represent the individual in the courts of law.
Negative influence- According to Dalton (2013), political parties have frequently interrupted the daily life of common citizens in the country. In this regard, it can be said that political parties have been a source of disturbance with arranging protests and slogans that pose a threat to the working culture in the US. These situations have been a threat to the economic as well as the financial stability in the country.
b. Recommendation - Since the political parties have been playing an important role in ensuring fairness and delivering justice to the common citizens, they should provided with certain powers and authority. This would ensure that they are provided with adequate aptitude and skills towards executing their role with perfection. The adverse influence of these groups can be mitigated by implementing strict laws to curb any unnecessary activities of these groups. A public grievance cell can also be established in any individual receives any threat or is wrongly harmed by the actions of these groups.
2. Thesis statement
Positive and adverse influence of political parties on the society
3. Scholarly support
a. Bawn, K., Cohen, M., Karol, D., Masket, S., Noel, H., & Zaller, J. (2012). A theory of political parties: Groups, policy demands and nominations in American politics. Perspectives on Politics, 10(03), 571-597.
Kreider, K. L. (2016). Robert C Wigton, The parties in court: American political parties under the constitution, reviewed by Kyle L Kreider. Party Politics, 22(1), 138-139.
b. As per the articles it can be said that American political parties have been playing a vital role to bring justice and fairness to the common man. Thus, it has been resisting any unlawful activity that can have an adverse influence on any community or the society. Matters related to religious or gender discrimination affecting the opportunities or jobs have been discussed at length. In this context, the functions of political parties have been discussed. However, the negative impact of these groups has also been examined. Pertinent points have been raised about unnecessary protests and demonstrations that have been hampering the daily routine of these citizens.
c. In evaluating the articles having zero bias to any party, it can be said that the article offers an authentic presentation of the existing political situation in the country. The articles reflect the actual happenings in the country. As such, it has been relevant to the study. .
References
Dalton, R. J. (2013). Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Cq Press.
Jackson, J. S. (2014). The American Political Party System: Continuity and Change Over Ten Presidential Elections. Brookings Institution Press.
Kreider, K. L. (2016). Robert C Wigton, The parties in court: American political parties under the constitution, reviewed by Kyle L Kreider. Party Politics, 22(1), 138-139.
La Palombara, J., & Weiner, M. (2015). Political Parties and Political Development.(SPD-6). Princeton University Press.
