difference between political parties , pressure groups , interest groups , movement groups , sectional interest groups
Political Parties | Pressure Groups/ Interest groups | Movement groups | Sectional interest groups |
a. They are the organized group of people having common ideology and their main aim is to contest in elections, come to power and retain power. | They are organized group of people that seeks to promote the specific interest of their group. | The interest groups are also involved in movements in which they attempt to bring about a change in the social order. They can be single issue or multiple issue movements. They resort to dharnas, protests, processions | Sectional interest groups which seeks to promote the interest of a particular section or a group of people like trade unions, Business groups |
b. It seeks to directly control or form the government. Their aim is to come to power. | They seek to influence the party in power | They seek to influence the government. | They seek to influence the government. |
c. Example, Congress | example, Bhartiya Kisan Union | Exmaple Narmada Bachao Andolan | example FICCI |