Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Which is correctly matched (Almond's classification of interest groups and its main feature)?
- 1. Institutional: teachers, lawyers, doctors and other professional bodies
- 2. Anomic: riots and demonstrations
- 3. Associational: legislature, bureaucracy, corporations, army, etc.
- 4. Non-associational: kinship and informal ties
A1, 2, 3 and 4
B1, 2 and 4
C1, 3 and 4
D2 and 4 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 2 and 4 — Pairs 2 and 4 are correctly matched, so the answer is 2 and 4.
Explanation
★Pairs 2 and 4 are correctly matched, so the answer is 2 and 4.
★Anomic groups are spontaneous and unorganised, expressed through riots and demonstrations.
★Non-associational groups rest on kinship, region, religion and informal ties.
★Pair 1 is wrong, because professional bodies of teachers, lawyers and doctors are associational groups.
★Pair 3 is wrong, because the legislature, bureaucracy and army are institutional groups.
★So the features of the institutional and associational types have been swapped.
★Almond's fourfold classification is a standard topic in interest group theory.
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