Pressure Politics in India : Concept and behaviour.
- Bhopal Progress Book. 1979
- 339 p.
The new political entity of pressure groups assumed greater importance in the changing political system of India. They are on the road of modernization of political process, particularly in the seventies when the Central and State Governmental system become a hot bed of pressure politics. A number of comonflaged anomic groups have come up on the political scene un noticed and uncared for Several theorists, mainly American scholars, propounded func- tional theories and gave a new vocabulary of the Behavioural Science to analyse the political infrastructures with a developmental approach. No Indian author had so far laid his hand on the study of pressure politics very much in vogue in the political pro- cess of India and the States. As such this happens to be the first work of its kind which took complete five years in the collection of material and preparation this volume. India being quasi-federal with a strong Centre, the pressure groups are linked from Centre to States. The parties and the deci- sion - making institutions aggregate the interest of the articulating structures from States to Centre and also contribute to the process of feed-back. As such taking Madhya Pradesh into account the wholesome impact of pressure politics in India has been analysed in the background of the internationally accepted conceptual scheme. Besides the origin and growth of the concept of pressure groups, political culture of India has also been discussed. As without these backgrounds the founctional performance and inner dynamics of pressure politics cannot be appreciated. Important issue areas and popular political episodes have been selected as examples to substantiate the theoretical conepts. Brief case-studies based on the published news and interviews have been used as illustrations.