When The Arguments For and Against Have Been Taken Into Account, It Is Clear That Incresingly, Pluralistic Society Pressure Groups are A Supplement To Democracy. How True Is This?
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When The Arguments For and Against Have Been Taken Into Account, It Is Clear That Incresingly, Pluralistic Society Pressure Groups are A Supplement To Democracy. How True Is This? This essay will consider the main arguments both for and against pressure groups being a supplement to democracy and assess the extent to which they do serve as a supplement to democracy in today's increasing pluralistic society. The government has always had to deal with groups in society but over the last two centuries pressure groups have become an indispensable feature of the British political system, as these groupings have more effectively organized themselves in response to society's increasing complexity and the increasing government intervention in more areas of life. E.g. the committee for effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was formed in 1787. Society has also generally become more pluralistic and more aware of rights, which altogether, has served as a...


