Editing Political party (section)

===Non-ideological parties===
Though ideologies are central to a large number of political parties around the world, not all political parties have an organizing ideology, or exist to promote ideological policies. For example, some political parties may be [[clientelism|clientelistic]] or [[patronage]]-based organizations, which are largely concerned with distributing goods.<ref name=hicken11>{{cite journal |first=Allen |last=Hicken |title=Clientelism |journal=Annual Review of Political Science |volume=14 |pages=289–310 |date=17 March 2011 |doi=10.1146/annurev.polisci.031908.220508|doi-access=free }}</ref> Other political parties may be created as tools for the advancement of an individual politician.<ref name=devries19>{{cite book |author1=Catherine E. De Vries |author2=Sara B. Hobolt |year= 2019 |title=Political Entrepreneurs: The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe |publisher=Princeton University Press |pages=1–38 |isbn=978-0691194752}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Mark Schneider |author2=Paul Teske |title=Toward A Theory of the Political Entrepreneur: Evidence from Local Government |journal=The American Political Science Review |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=737–747 |date=September 1992 |doi=10.2307/1964135|jstor=1964135 |s2cid=155041917 }}</ref> It is also common, in countries with important [[social cleavage]]s along ethnic or racial lines, to represent the interests of one ethnic group or another.<ref name=ganawari17/> This may involve a non-ideological attachment to the interests of that group, or may be a commitment based on an ideology like [[identity politics]]. While any of these types of parties may be ideological, there are political parties that do not have any organizing ideology.<ref name=olanrewaju17>{{cite journal |first=John S. |last=Olanrewaju |title=Political Parties and Poverty of Ideology in Nigeria |journal=Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences |volume=VI |issue=3 |pages=1–16 |date=28 June 2017}}</ref>