Identifying links between political parties - interest groups in modern British politics

Duy Anh Phan

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The article overviews the history and development of political system and interest groups in UK, clarifying the indispensable relationship between political party and interest group. The ways to create these relationships between political parties and interest groups, and their basic shapes are discussed in the article. The political party - interest group relationship has been proved as an indispensable political reality of modern British politics.

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