“Elections in the parliamentary system are competitions between organized teams known as parties, because that’s what responsible government requires.” Discuss the validity of this statement,

The text of your essay should be no longer than 600 words. There can be NO
quoting in your essay.Your citations or foot- or endnotes; bibliography; and title page do not count as
part of the 600 word ceiling.
Use 12-point font, 1-inch margins and double-space your text.
What this Essay-Assignment is about 
This assignment is about understanding the connections between 1) the institutions
of the parliamentary political system (including Parliament, the government, and
Members of Parliament); 2) the parties, their leaders, and their MPs; and 3) how
election campaigns are conducted under this political system.
The political parties in a parliamentary democracy are organized to compete in
elections, under the Rules of the Game specific to the parliamentary system. In a
different political system operating under different Rules of the Game, the parties
and party leaders would run election campaigns differently.
Here is the question for you to answer:
“Elections in the parliamentary system are competitions between organized teams
known as parties, because that’s what responsible government requires.” Discuss   the validity of this statement using the readings provided.
Here are the readings you should use, I will include them in the attachments:
 •

Geoffrey Brennan & Alan Hamlin, “Rationalising Parliamentary Systems,”
Australian Journal of Politica l Science (1993), vol. 28:3, pp. 443-457

 • Alex Marland & Angelia Wagner, “Scripted Messengers: How Party
Discipline and Branding Turn Election Candidates and Legislators into
Brand Ambassadors,” Journal of Political Marketing (2020), vol. 19:1, pp.
54-73 
The relevant chapters from the Malcolmson textbook are chapter 3 on responsible
government and chapter 7 on the parties. Also relevant is the section on “Elections
and Representation” in chapter 6 (pp. 109-112).
Please no quoting and no use of AI writing.

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