Political Parties and Pressure Group

It tries to influence from outside

Its membership is large

It actively joins political parties

Its members can join any number of groups

To create public opinion

To capture political power

To implement its policies

To promote spiritualism and morality

Multi-party system

Single party system

Bi-party system

Dominant party system

France

China

Britain

U.S.A.

They try to contest elections and capture power

They criticise the policies of the government

They try to implement their programme once they come into power

They do not permit their members to express their views independently

Finer

MacIver

G.C.Field

G.D.H. Cole

Giving tickets for election to party supporters without due regard to their merit

Allocation of offices to the people from the locality even though they do not deserve the same on merit

Distribution of jobs to the supporters of the party in power

None of the baove things

One party system

Two party system

Multi-party system

Plural party system

Private ownership

Public ownership

Mixed economy

Gradual nationalisation of means of production