[Citizen College Season 4] #7 Elections and Party Politics

On November 5, 2020, the seventh lecture of Citizen College Season 4 < Citizen and Participation: How do citizens become owner of politics? > , co-hosted by the Seongbuk-gu Office and the Peace and Democracy Institute, was conducted using ZOOM. The seventh lecture was given by professor Jai-Kwan JUNG of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Korea University.

The lecture titled “Elections and Party Politics” explores the function and meaning of political parties in representative democracy and the relationship between electoral institution and party systems. In representative democracy, the party plays a role in simplifying voters’ choice of candidates, encouraging political education and participation, selecting candidates to represent certain socioeconomic interests, and organizing government and implementing policies through election victory. And the differences in the electoral system led to different political parties in different countries, and affected the policy preferences of political parties within the election. The lecturer looked at the role and meaning of political parties in representative democracy and explained the impact of the electoral system on the party system.