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In the process of Political Socialisation, several agencies or institutions play an important part. These are called agencies or agents of political socialisation. Some, like family, school, college, work (employment) institutions are sometimes called primary agencies because they are the first to provide/guide orientations to the people in the initial years of their lives.Such Socialisation resulting from the activities of primary agencies is also called primary socialisation. The orientations influenced or determined by some agencies, like mass media, peer groups, etc., are sources of secondary political socialisation. However, the difference between the primary and the secondary socialisation is not organic. Image Source: boompopmedia.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The role of the following six main agents of Political Socialisation deserves a special description:1. The Family.2. The Educational Structures.3. Reference Groups or Peer Groups. ADVERTISEMENTS:…

The following factors determine the working of pressure groups: (1) Size and Nature of Organisation: A pressure group’s size is obviously one factor affecting its ability to obtain what it wants. Other things being equal, groups with many members are likely to be more successful than groups with a few members simply because of the fact that the former represent many voters and the latter a few voters. (2) Degree of Unity among the Members of an Interest Group: ADVERTISEMENTS: Cohesion is the most single element affecting success of a group. A large but internally divided or apathetic group is defeated by a small but cohesive group. In politics as in war, ten men who work united and closely together are more powerful than a hundred whom corporate loosely or…

Each Pressure Group is organised for securing and promoting the accepted common interest or interests of its members. Consequently, it is the basic function of each pressure group to secure its interests. However, for performing this function, each group has to act and react, and perform several functions.These groups, though non-partisan in character, participate in politics. These act to maintain the unity and solidarity of their members. They are involved in elections, though indirectly and only for securing their interests and not political power.They try to influence the rule-making, rule-application and rule-adjudication structures. Image Source: globalrec.org ADVERTISEMENTS: We can broadly study the functions and role of pressure groups under the following heads:(1) Interest groups and interest articulation,(2) Interest groups as agents of political socialisation, participation, political communication and recruitment, ADVERTISEMENTS:…

The term Civil Society is used to collectively refer to the voluntary organizations corporate bodies, socially active groups, and firms working in each society. “Civil Society is the set of intermediate associations which is neither the state nor the family, but which plays an active and positive role in social, economic, and cultural activities.” Civil Society includes all private organizations of the people. Press, professional associations of the people, Human Right Groups and Organizations of the people, voluntary social service organizations, and in fact, all NGOs constitute the Civil Society, Image Source: 3.bp.blogspot.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Civil Society works for discharging several economic, social, cultural, moral and other responsibilities which fall in the domain of private activities. It, however, serves the public purpose of securing general welfare and development.The concept of Civil…