political party

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandparty

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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party
noun
uk
/ˈpɑː.ti/
us
/ˈpɑːr.t̬i/
a social event at which a group of people meet to talk, eat, drink, dance, etc., often in order to celebrate a ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandpartyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The different patterns of financial policies and regulatory reforms are in turn the outputs of incentives and power resources mediated by differentpoliticalpartystructures.
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There are no limits topoliticalpartyor candidate spending during election and non-election periods.
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All of the books here reviewed are about thepoliticalparty.
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To see apoliticalpartyin this way as an organism can clarify much about the nature of modern democratic politics.
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However, as time lapsed, eachpoliticalpartyreached the limit in terms of making policy compromises with coalition partners.
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This variable indicates the extent to whichpoliticalpartyorganizations monopolize access to ballots.
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This article establishes a new point of theoretical departure for addressing how politicians operating within differentpoliticalpartysystems have shaped national financial architectures.
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A crucial early decision that every aspiring politician must make, therefore, is the choice of apoliticalparty.
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Ethnicity can be a viable organising principle for an insurgent group but not for apoliticalpartywhich aspires to govern.
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While national leaders reluctantly accepted state reform, they steadfastly refused to consider any modification of their own highly centralisedpoliticalpartystructures.
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A quarter are involved in a civic group (most commonly a residents' association,politicalpartyor voluntary organisation).
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Respondents were asked if someone from apoliticalpartyor anyone else had contacted them about the campaign or about voting for a particular candidate.
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Identification with apoliticalparty, while not significant for elites, had some impact on the particular beliefs about democracy emphasized by ordinary citizens.
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The executive branch is often comprised of more than onepoliticalparty, and the government must rule by coalition.
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To counter this effect apoliticalpartymay offer some protection to the president from the interest group.
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As part of a nationalpoliticalparty, it was better organized than the makeshift workers' electoral committee of 1848.
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One of the key criteria which can be applied to test the vitality or otherwise of a modernpoliticalpartyis its level of membership.
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Both advocated ' participatory democracy ' as a corrective to the excessive power ofpoliticalparty bureaucracies that failed to represent popular interests.
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