Faction

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One faction (not to be confused with Group ) is a subgroup of a party or other political working in the broadest sense organization, such. B. a union or the military. Factions are often characterized by more formal organizational structures than, for example, party wings and a strong focus on a leadership figure. For example, factionalism characterizes a number of parties in Asia and Africa or historically the military in Japan ( Kōdō-ha and Tōsei-ha ) before the Second World War and in Thailand during the military rule of the post-war period. But the currents within the people's parties in the United States or Australia are sometimes referred to as factions.

The major Japanese parties are a prominent example . The LDP in particular unites a large number of political currents, each of which forms individual factions ( Japanese 派閥 , habatsu ). The size and influence of the individual factions are subject to constant change. Belonging to the various factions is an important factor in forming a government .

The constant competition among the factions is seen on the one hand as a strengthening force for the integrity of the parties, on the other hand they are also said to have a destabilizing effect on the government. One reason for the latter is that so far almost all Prime Ministers of Japan have dissolved parliament, although their own party has formed the government majority.

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  1. ^ Harold Crouch: Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia. Factionalism in Thailand . S. 223 ff. In: L. Diamond, M. Plattner, Y. Chu, H. Tien (Eds.): Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies . Johns Hopkins University, 1997, ISBN 0-8018-5794-5 .
  2. ^ Franz Lehner, Ulrich Widmaier: Basic knowledge of politics 4. Comparative government theory . Leske and Budrich, Opladen 1995, p. 91 f., ISBN 3-8100-3199-2 .