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A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who otherwise have the same political positions, and who field candidates for elections, in an attempt to get them elected and thereby implement the party's agenda. While there is some international commonality in the way political parties are and in how they operate, there are often many differences, and some are significant. Many political parties have an ideological core, but some do not, and many represent ideologies very different from their ideology at the time the party was founded. A political party is typically led by a party leader (the most powerful member and spokesperson representing the party), a party secretary (who maintains the daily work and records of party meetings), party treasurer (who is accountable for membership dues) and party chair (who forms strategies for recruiting and retaining party members, and also chairs party meetings). Most of the above positions are also members of the party executive, the leading organization which sets policy for the entire party at the national level. The structure is far more decentralized in the United States because of the separation of powers, federalism and the multiplicity of economic interests and religious sects. Even state parties are as county and other local committees are largely independent of state central committees. The national party leader in the U.S. will be the president, if the party holds that office, or a prominent member of Congress in opposition (although a big-state governor may aspire to that role). Officially, each party has a chairman for its national committee who is a protuberant spokesman, organizer and fund-raiser, however without the status of prominent elected office holders.
Kosovo has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments which happens every year.
Since Kosovo declared independence in 2008, no government has finished the 4 year mandate.
The Main Political Parties in Kosovo:
| Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK |
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This is the largest party with the leader Kadri Veseli. It was created on May, 1999, by the political wing of the Kosovo Liberation Army.  |
| Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK |
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This is the second largest Kosovo's party and the oldest one, according to their official web page, this party begun as a group in 1989. At the head of the party was Ibrahim Rugova, known as the pacifist leader of Kosovo's sovereignty. The LDK came second in the elections, in the head with Isa Mustafa.
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| Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK |
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The AAK was created by the commander Ramush Haradinaj, in 2000.
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| New Kosovo Alliance, AKR |
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The AKR was formed in March 2006 by the businessman Behgjet Pacolli. Pacolli is considered to be one of the richest Albanian.
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| Levizja Vetevendosje |
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Their leader Albin Kurti is a young leader who has voiced his opinion for a long time. The main characteristics of this party is that they are a progressive, social-democratic, Albanian nationalist political party in Kosovo. This party was created on 12 June 2005.
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| Party systems may be broken down into three broad categories: two-party, multiparty, and single-party. Such a classification is based not merely on the number of parties operating within a particular country but on a variety of distinctive features that the three systems exhibit. Two-party and multiparty systems represent means of organizing political conflict within pluralistic societies and are thus part of the apparatus of democracy. Single parties usually operate in situations in which genuine political conflict is not tolerated. This broad statement is, however, subject to qualification, for, although single parties do not usually permit the expression of points of view that are fundamentally opposed to the party line or ideology, there may well be intense conflict within these limits over policy within the party itself. And even within a two-party or a multiparty system, debate may become so stymied and a particular coalition of interests so entrenched that the democratic process is seriously compromised. |
The difference between two-party and multiparty systems is not as easily made as it might appear. In any two-party system there are invariably small parties in addition to the two major parties, and there is always the possibility that a third, small party prevents one of the two main parties from gaining a majority of seats in the legislature. This is the case with regard to the Liberal Party in Great Britain, for example. Other countries do not fall clearly into either category; thus, Austria and Germany only approximate the two-party system. It is not simply a question of the number of parties that determines the nature of the two-party system; many other elements are of importance, the extent of party discipline in particular. There have been three historical forms of the single-party system: communist, fascist, and that found in the developing countries. |
Cadre parties—i.e., parties dominated by politically elite groups of activists—developed in Europe and America during the 19th century. Except in some of the states of the United States, France from 1848, and the German Empire from 1871, the suffrage was largely restricted to taxpayers and property owners, and, even when the right to vote was given to larger numbers of people, political influence was essentially limited to a very small segment of the population. The mass of people were limited to the role of spectators rather than that of active participants.By the end of the 19th century the excesses of the machines and the bosses and the closed character of the parties led to the development of primary elections, in which party nominees for office were selected. The primary movement deprived party leaders of the right to dictate candidates for election. A majority of the states adopted the primary system in one form or another between 1900 and 1920. The aim of the system was to make the parties more democratic by opening them up to the general public in the hope of counterbalancing the influence of the party committees. In practice, the aim was not realized, for the committees retained the upper hand in the selection of candidates for the primaries.
Cadre parties normally organize a relatively small number of party adherents. Mass-based parties, on the other hand, unite hundreds of thousands of followers, sometimes millions. But the number of members is not the only criterion of a mass-based party. The essential factor is that such a party attempts to base itself on an appeal to the masses. It attempts to organize not only those who are influential or well known or those who represent special interest groups but rather any citizen who is willing to join the party. If such a party succeeds in gathering only a few adherents, then it is mass based only in potential. It remains, nevertheless, different from the cadre-type parties.
The minority political parties of Kosovo |
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The minority political parties which fight for the rights and welfare of the minorities in Kosovo include:
- Turkish Justice Party of Kosovo (Kosova Türk Adalet Partisi)
- Ashkali Party for Integration (Partia Ashkalinjëve për Integrim)
- Civic Initiative of Gora (Gradanska Inicijativa Gore)
- Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Ashkanlive të Kosovës)
- Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi)
- United Roma Party of Kosovo (Partia Rome e Bashkuar e Kosovës)
- Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Lista za Kosovo i Metohiju)
- League of Egyptians of Kosovo (Lidhja e Egjiptianëve të Kosovës)
- Vakat Coalicion (Koalicija Vakat)
- Serb List (Lista Srbska)
Group Members | Group 1 Political Parties
Agon Loshaj | Arbnor Haxhani | Aurore Jusufi | Betim Osmani | Drilon Deliu | Florent Shala | Klei Zgura | Muhamed Sylejmani | Veton Berisha | Anda Murtezani | Arlind Rexhepi | Endrit Smajli | Florian Binaku | Greta Dreshaj | @mt8916 (Migena Tahiri) | Petar Ivic | Verone Hyseni | Xhoni Alijaj