Political Parties and Pressure Group

Caste

Religion

Region

Special

Their philosophy is lauded by majority

They occupy high governmental positions

The control parliament

They had associations and worked in the past with Gandhiji

Gettell

MacIver

G.C.Field

Finer

Essential for democracy

Not essential for democracy

Essential for totalitarian government

Not essential either for democracy or totalitarian government

A group formed to protect the interests of members of a group by contesting elections

A group of people which tries to capture power with the help of money

A group of people with common objectives, which tries to promote the interests of its members by influencing the government policies

A military group, which comes to the assistance of the state when the police force is unable to maintain law and order

U.S.S.R.

France

China

Hungary

Retaining the present institutions

Retaining the present institutions by new and radical institutions

Making reforms in the existing institutions

Conserving the old institutions

Maintaining old institutions

Maintaining present institutions with modifications

In doing away with the present institutions and replacing them with new ones

Bringing changes revolutionary methods

It has no political programme

It does no aim at capturing power

It exerts pressure on executive

It tries to have formal control over the government

MacIver

Lord Bryce

Burke

Herman Finer