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What is a political party?
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An organised group that seeks to win government power through elections — it wants to be the government.
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How is a party different from a pressure group?
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A party wants to WIN power; a pressure group only wants to INFLUENCE the government's decisions.
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What is a coalition?
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A government formed by two or more parties working together, common when no single party wins a majority.
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What is an ideology?
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A set of ideas about how society should be run — a party offers a whole ideology, not just one issue.
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When does a party gain real power?
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When it wins and forms a government — then its ideology shapes national and foreign policy.
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What is foreign policy?
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How a country acts toward other countries — which the governing party helps decide.
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Why are Green parties a good example?
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Joining European governments (e.g. Germany 2021), they pushed for faster climate action at home and abroad.
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Why do parties matter globally?
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The party in power decides how a country acts in the world — its alliances, votes and foreign policy.
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What are the limits on parties as global actors?
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They are powerful only once in government, are mostly domestic, and are driven by the next election.
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How can party ideas cross borders?
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Ideologies like populism can spread between countries, and parties group together internationally.
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A party's global power is really whose power?
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The government's — a party acts on the world stage through the state it governs.
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