compare and contrast the party systems in britain and france

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Party systems in Britain and France

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Party systems in Britain and France

Party systems are unavoidable systems of politics resulting from competition between parties . Democratic societies have historically had party systems that have established governance . Each country has a particular party systems ranging from one-party system to a multi-party system composed of more than two parties . A party system has the capacity to influence the level of democracy depending on the stability of the system . This essay

compares and contrasts party systems in France and Britain with a focus on their history , stability and resultant democracy

Britain has been under two-party system as from the World War II but this has not remained the case with recent elections involving three parties hence qualifying to be a multiparty system . Britain has three major political parties (the Conservatives , the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats ) thus qualifying to be a multiparty system . There is no single party that has a guaranteed absolute majority despite the fact that Conservatives and the Labour Party have formed governments entirely in the past . The Labour Party is popular in the Westminster but a balance of power is ensured in Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland Even within Westminster , the Liberal Democrats and the Tories give the Labour Party significant competition (History Learning , 2010

Once in a while , Britain experiences a dominant-party system with the 18 year rule of the Conservative from 1979 to 1997 being a good example...