ABSTRACT
In our Preface we suggested that this book had three tasks which it might perform. The
first was the generation of hypotheses about the way in which particular types of group behave and may best be analysed. The second was the elaboration of a typology of
political systems involving a delineation of the way in which pressure groups operate in
each one. Lastly we felt that our study of the relationship between political culture and
pressure group activities might lead to some, at least tentative, generalizations about the
nature of this relationship. Thus in concluding we will attempt to make explicit our
findings in each of these fields.
