Political parties are collective entities that organize competitions for political offices. In countries with elected legislators, a group of legislators with common interests or ideologies will collaborate with each other and create an organization to promote the replacement of opposing legislators with potential allies. In For Want of a Nail ... the book's focus on the politics of the Confederation of North America and the United States of Mexico means that considerable attention is paid to the political parties of those countries. Mention is also made of the political parties of the C.N.A.'s mother country, Great Britain, and Britain's chief rival in Europe in the twentieth century, the Germanic Confederation.
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