Welcome to KASYP, the Website for Political Parties
POLITICAL PARTIES are the distinctive institutions of modern democracy. They articulate and aggregate social interests, develop political programmes and connect the society with the state. They recruit candidates for elections, select political leaders and organise governments. They promote political participation of the citizens. Furthermore they contribute to the legitimacy of the democratic political system. On this KASYP-website we provide information on political parties world-wide and intend to give those interested in politics a platform for further information.
This website is a project in the making. Therefore, we appreciate comments and contributions which will help to improve our service.
Political Parties
Functions and Organization in Democratic Societies
In this book, political parties are presented as central institutions of a modern democracy. The characteristics and functions of parties, the basic elements of their organisation, their political and social context, as well as the problems of party democracy and the specific challenges faced by parties are main topics. This is to convey fundamental information on the different facets of political parties. At the same time it is meant to raise interest in, and willingness to engage in a party.... Read more
About KASYP
Introduction
The Konrad Adenauer School for young politicians (KASYP) is a political training programme of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to strengthen political parties and develop a cadre of accountable and responsible young political leaders. The training is aimed at enabling the participants to not only enhance their knowledge by learning about political theories and concepts, but also to develop practical skills by engaing in concrete actions in the form of political projects that can help to improve their own parties. Over the course of this two year programme, participants will receive the opportunity to learn the background necessary for the development of mature democracies of local political parties, internal dynamics and its impact on the welfare of their constituencies , exercise of leadership, electoral process and how these contribute to good governance. By enhancing the skills and competencies of members and representatives of political parties, the programme aims to create a cadre of political leaders that will make a difference not only to their political parties but in their respective countries.
KASYP BROCHURE
This brochure introduces the first batch of KASYP participants and their political projects. An overview of the training sessions which took place during the course of their program have also been provided. The experience of the first KASYP program proved to be not only a new project for political training but also a forum for Asian integration.
What we do?
In March 2010 the KASYP training programme started with two groups of participants from ten Asian countries: Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India and Pakistan. Three workshops in Asia with each group and one seminar in Germany offered insights into modern concepts of political party organisation, political planning and electoral campaigning. All participants designed and implemented own political projects for their parties and constituencies. Read more about the training programme 2010/2011 and the political projects of its participants.
A new training program for the third batch of KASYP started in March 2012 and will finish in 2013.KASYP also offers additional platforms for training and exchange for politicians. For more information see our list of events.
Party Analysis
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Political Fincance Policy, Parties and Democratic Development
From Micheal Johnston
Any political party needs party funding in order to survive, compete, and perform its democratic functions, both during and between election campaigns. Yet, there is no general consensus on how parties should be funded or regulated in order to monitor the contributions and expenditures of any party. This article evaluates how political finance affects political parties and democratization of a state where democracy is either relatively new or re-emerging from crisis. This paper underlines the fact that political finance can leads to further democratization by engaging self-interest of citizens and groups in financing politics and thus enhancing strong political parties. -
Asymmetric Information and Electoral Campaigns: The monitoring role of media
From Ascensión Andina
Media plays an important role during elections. It is through the media that political parties can disseminate their agendas and platforms to the public and gather voters and supporters. This article explores the various roles which can be played by the media during election campaigns and how its affects the political game in the country -
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Current Politics
Political Thinking: Past and Present
Max Weber, 21.April 1864 - 14. Juni 1920, German sociologist and national economist.
He sustainably influenced the field of social theory and social research by his theories on methodological antipositivism, which presentssociology as a non.empiristic field which reflects on social action with interpretive means understanding the meaning and purpose that individuals attach to their own actions. He is often cited as one of the grassroot acrchitects of modern social science.
Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama, born 27 October 1952, American political scientist and political economist. He is best-known for his book "The End of History and the Last Man" (1992), in which he is pointing out that the end of the cold war marks the end of the struggle of ideologies, with the world settling on liberal democrcy. He is currently Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brêde et de Montesquieu, 18 January 1689 - 10 February 1755, French political thinker. Profoundly influenced by those political events of that period, he articulated the theory of separation of power, which is taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions of the world.
Aristotle, 384 - 322 B.C. Although his writings cover a broad fan of subjects such as physics, poetry theater, rhetory and politics, he is very well known for his contribution in philosophy. He was a scholar of Plato and himself teacher of Alexander the Great.
Giovanni Sartori, born May 1924, Italian political scientist. His field of speciality is comparative politics. After becoming the first Dean of the newly formed Florence's Political Department of Political Science. Sartory Served as Professor in the Humanities th Columbia University from 1979 to 1994 and was later appointed Professor Emeritus.
Sartori devised one of the most used classification for party systems. In his writings he is pointing out that democracy is a political regime, which is not perfect and needs political parties, hence elections. That regime, nevertheless, has some other advantages and can be better than it is.
Alfred Müller-Armack, 28 june 1901 - 16 March 1978, German economist and politician. Müller-Armack was the theoretical father of the term "social market economy", which was successfully applied in post war Germany. He was professor of economics and University of Münster and University of Cologne.
Events
New Releases
Title: Future of Democracy
A series of article analysing the current state of democracy in different countries and regions. With many countries, lacking substantial requisites for sustainable democracy, the articles evaluate the democratic development of these countries and regions and present the possible future scenarios.
Your View
Open Forum on Current Political Events
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