Methods of Pressure Groups
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 05-04-17 11:30
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- METHODS of PGs
- MINISTERS & CIVIL SERVANTS
- They develop and make govt policy
- May be the most important way of exerting influence, of PGs influencing policy making
- PARLIAMENT
- In order for their focus to be influenced in Parliament, PGs lobby MPs/ministers/civil servants
- Lobbyists seek to make contact with sympathetic MPs or Peers as they have the power to make policies
- This has become increasingly important
- More independtly minded backbenches
- The introduction of departmental select committees
- Growing use of professional lobbysists
- Through PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS
- In order for their focus to be influenced in Parliament, PGs lobby MPs/ministers/civil servants
- POLITICAL PARTIES
- Influencing party policies can lead to influence in govt policy
- E.g. Relationships between trade unions and the Labour Party
- PGs provide funding for parties, which enables them to control the votes at party conferences
- Parties have to reveal where their fundraising comes from- The Political Parties, Elections & Referendums Act 2000
- PUBLIC OPINION
- Adopted by OUTSIDER groups
- Influences the govt indirectly, through strikes and protests-by pushing the agenda
- This gains large support and media attention, and wider influence
- Thus, it highlights the govt- what they do about it-if they do nothing it damage their image
- Influences the govt indirectly, through strikes and protests-by pushing the agenda
- This gains large support and media attention, and wider influence
- Thus, it highlights the govt- what they do about it-if they do nothing it damage their image
- Thus, it highlights the govt- what they do about it-if they do nothing it damage their image
- E.g. Travel strikes on the National Rail Service- causes great distruption
- This gains large support and media attention, and wider influence
- Influences the govt indirectly, through strikes and protests-by pushing the agenda
- Thus, it highlights the govt- what they do about it-if they do nothing it damage their image
- E.g. Travel strikes on the National Rail Service- causes great distruption
- This gains large support and media attention, and wider influence
- DIRECT ACTION
- This aims to cause disruption or inconvenience
- E.g. Strikes/blokades/boycotts/sit ins
- Civil disobedience is an example of non-violent direct action
- E.g. The GREENHAM COMMON WOMEN'S PEACE CAMP in the 1980s
- Civil disobedience is an example of non-violent direct action
- E.g. Strikes/blokades/boycotts/sit ins
- Direct action can be illegal: criminal damage/harassment etc
- This aims to cause disruption or inconvenience
- E.g. Strikes/blokades/boycotts/sit ins
- Civil disobedience is an example of non-violent direct action
- E.g. The GREENHAM COMMON WOMEN'S PEACE CAMP in the 1980s
- Civil disobedience is an example of non-violent direct action
- E.g. Strikes/blokades/boycotts/sit ins
- This aims to cause disruption or inconvenience
- This aims to cause disruption or inconvenience
- MINISTERS & CIVIL SERVANTS
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