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Chapter At A Glance
- This chapter is about those people who have the political power but they are constrained by the influence and pressure exerted on them.
- In democracy we can, no doubt, see the conflict of views and interests of the people and these differences are generally expressed in an organized way. People, who are in power, need to maintain balance between pressures and conflicting interests.
- Nepal was a Monarchy from long - long time but due to the popular struggles of Maoists and SPA it came back to democracy.
- Bolivia has also faced a water war. One multinational company had bought the right over water in the country and had sent bills to people of water used by them. Then a popular struggle was started and the contract with MNC was cancelled.
- Democracy comes through popular struggle and democractic conflicts could be resolved through mass mobilisation.
- In any democratic struggle not just political parties are involved but intelligentsia, salaried class and other people also join this type of struggle.
- Pressure groups are those organizations which try to influence government's policies but their aim is not to control directly the political power.
- A movement is an attempt to affect politics rather than directly to take part in election but it has a very loose organization.
- Generally interest groups are those groups which try to promote the interests of any particular group of the society and they are concerned with the well being of their members.
- Promotional groups are also known as public interest groups. They never try to promote the interests of the one group rather they believe in the promotion of interests of the whole nation.
- Movements groups are the groups which are related with any particulars issue and try to achieve any single aim within a time frame.
- Pressure groups and movements influence politics in a number of ways by gaining public support, by calling the strike, by lobbying, etc.
Important Terms & Their Explanation
- Maoists : Communists who believe in the ideology of Mao - Tse - Tung and believe in overthrowing government through armed struggle.
- Democracy : Democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by the people.
- Third wave countries : Those countries which had won their democracy in the later part of the century.
- SPA : It is a seven party alliance which was formed in Nepal to overthrow the monarchy of King Gyanendra.
- MNC : MNC is a multinational company whose business is spread through many countries like NIKE, Reebok, TATA, etc.
- Pressure Groups : Any organized or unorganized group which tries to influence government policies and try to promote its interests.
- Movement : It tries to influence politics instead of directly taking part in elections.
- Sectional Interest Groups : Any group of persons which is formed to promote any specific goal or which tries to promote interests of any particular group.
- Public Interest Group : A group of people which promotes the interests of the people of society in general instead of interests of any particular group.
- FEDECOR : It was an organization which had led the Bolivia's spontaneous popular protest against an MNC.