UK Pressure Groups

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  • Created on: 28-04-23 21:56
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  • UK Pressure Groups
    • Functions and features
      • Functions
        • provide the public with access points to influence decision-makers
        • perform a key role in policy formulation
        • encourage political participation
        • hold the government to account
        • education of the public
      • Features
        • increasingly powerful
        • increasingly professional
        • do not seek election
        • operate at various levels of govt and use a wide range of methods
    • Sectional/interest groups
      • sectional groups represent a particular section of society and their membership consists of those people
      • membership is "closed" or limited to them e.g. trade unions
      • Examples include:
        • The British Medical Association (BMA)
          • a union representing doctors in the UK
          • uses professional "behind the scenes" methods
          • close links with the governments
        • National Farmer's Union (NFU)
    • Cause groups
      • fight for a particular cause or issue rather than representing a group of society
      • Greenpeace
        • a large, international, environmental protest group
        • uses direct action and high-profile protests incl illegal activity
    • Insider Groups
      • insider groups have a close relationship to decision-makers
      • Examples include: The BMA and NFU
    • Outsider groups
      • have little contact with the decision-makers
      • outsiders by necessity
      • ideological outsiders
    • Factors influencing pressure group success
      • govt ideology
      • income
      • size
      • organisations and tactics
      • pressure from rival groups
      • public opinion and the media

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