Popular Struggles and Movements Test - 7

Sometimes these organizations are not about representing the interest of one section of society. They represent some common or general interest that needs to be defended. The members of the organization may not benefit from the cause that the organization represents.

The members of the organization may not benefit from the cause that the organization represents. The Bolivian organization, FEDECOR is an example of that kind of an organization.

Having formal constitution is NOT common in most of the democracies of the world.

FEDECOR organization comprised local professionals, including engineers and environmentalists.They were supported by a federation of farmers who relied on irrigation, the confederation of factory workers’ unions, middle class students from the the University of Cochabamba and the city’s growing population of homeless street children.

King Birendra, who has accepted this transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy, was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal family in 2001.

Usually interest groups seek to promote the interests of a particular section or group of society. Trade unions, business associations and professional (lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc.) bodies are some examples of this type. They are sectional because they represent a section of society: workers, employees, businesspersons, industrialists, followers of a religion, caste group, etc.

Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply. The government sold these rights for the city of Cochabamba to a multi-national company (MNC).

Pressure groups are confined to a few people, while parties involve a large number of people.

These second type of groups are called promotional groups or public interest groups. They promote collective rather than selective good.

FEDECOR is organization comprised local professionals, including engineers and environmentalists.