The question (6 marks)
A federation of industrial chambers spends a year pressing the government for lower corporate taxes and lighter regulation. It contests no election, fields no candidate, and its president says it merely places expert advice before decision-makers. In the same period an association of landless agricultural labourers makes the opposite case and is not heard. (i) State three differences between a political party and an interest group. (ii) How does an interest group influence policy, and what are the drawbacks of such influence for democratic decision-making? (6 marks)
MU Module IV, parties and interest groups; pack ch. 04 sections 2.1-2.3.
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It tests Unit 4 · Indian Democracy at Work of Political Science – II.
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