Cartel Party: An Analysis Study

This article analyzes the history and impact of the presence of party cartel in a system of government, where the concept of party cartel is still little known and recognized by the public, but the assessment of the case as well as issues related to the party cartel and its impact has long been studied since 1995 through writing Richard S. Katz and Peter Mair.The emergence of the cartel party into the political dynamics of its own for a system of government in many countries.This study becomes important as the development of democracy and the increasingly high rate of corruption of a country are often motivated by the cartel party lobbies.Therefore, this article will discuss what is meant by the party cartel?How the party can form a cartel?What is the impact of the cartel party his form for a system of state administration?.This study found that the cartel party is a collection of political parties that basically have different ideologies but, for the achievement of the interests of a group of people they work together at the expense of public interests.Party cartel formed based on the needs of the political elite to gain and maintain their power to minimize the differences of opinion among the party elite.Party cartel works by forming a coalition of political parties that dominate the government and the party's presence in a country cartel hamper the democratic system of government and a country.