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Question
State the difference between an ideology and an agenda.
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Solution
| No. | An idealogy | An agenda |
| 1. | Political parties have a particular stand about social issues which together constitute party ideology. | On the basis of party ideology, political parties prepare their party’s agenda. After getting political power, they implement the agenda. |
| 2. | The people who consider any specific party ideology as acceptable support that political party. This is called the ‘mass base’ of the political party. | If political parties do not get political power, they try to get the support of people on the basis of their agenda. |
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