[political paper] To what extent should government be formed.....

Here is the question:

To what extent should governement be formed through competition among political parties.

I get what it is asking, but honestly I don't know how to answer this. I'm confuse when it say "to what extent". Would you please give me some examples or atleast ideas how to start this political paper

Greetings!

I think by "to what extent" the question means how much competition amoung political parties is a good thing. One way to look at it would be, "what's the alternative?" If there were not competition among political parties to have their own agendas enacted, then there would essentially be just one view, one opinion. Even if there were more than one party, it would basically be a one-party system. Most people who believe in democratic government believe that a certain amount of competition is healthy. Only when the competition reaches destructive levels does it become bad. A recent example is the "outing" of the CIA agent by someone who wanted to get revenge on her husband for political reasons. When it goes that far, competition--or strife--has gone too far. So, you could argue that competition is good, but does have its limits.

I hope this gives you some ideas to get started!

Thanks,

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