Unit 8

Role of Political Parties

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1. Means of party leadership selection vaires widely across the Commonwealth. Caucus selection is one means of leadership selection that has which weakness:

   weakens authority of the leader

   weakens authority of caucus

   weakens legislative content

   weakens the party structure as a whole

2. Party discipline can be enforced in the following way:

   by bribery

   by elections

   by persuasion

   by police

3. House Leaders are responsible for:

   calling elections

   ensuring members are present for voting

   organizing the parliamentary time table

   ringing bells

4. Party Whips are responsible for:

   calling elections

   ensuring members are present for voting

   organizing the parliamentary time table

   rining bells

5. True or False. Party discipline is the basic operating principle of elective parliamentary chambers:

   True

   False

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