Pressure groups
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- Created on: 04-01-18 10:54
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- Pressure groups
- A pressure group is a group of people who are trying to influence government without becoming government.
- functions
- call govt to account
- represent and promote interests
- protect minority groups
- educate the public
- give an opportunity for people to be involved with politics
- different types of PG's
- Insider
- they have particularly close links with government and are welcomed into government to speak and form policy
- NFU National Farmers Union
- Outsider
- not in any special position with government, instead they focus on relations with public opinion
- Green peace
- Promotional
- promote an idea or cause to benefit all of society, no requirements to join it
- Amnesty International
- promote an idea or cause to benefit all of society, no requirements to join it
- Sectional
- there to promote a group in society i.e worker or ethnic group. To join this group you have to be in a particular position or ethnic group
- National Union of Teachers
- Insider
- Case study: HACKED OFF
- what were they campaigning for?
- Hugh Grant wanted to fight for tougher regulation on the media and news papers after a dead teenage girls phone was hacked by the news papers
- METHODS
- going to a party conference
- meeting PM
- Phones editors
- Goes on TV shows
- documentary
- the response of opponents was holding meetings and tv debates
- what were they campaigning for?
- CASE STUDY British Medical Association
- Method: the doctors did a five day strike, 100,000 operations are cancelled and a million appointments 12-16th sept 2016
- WHY? they are angry about the new contract , concerned about the impact of those working less tan full time, junior doctors working most weekends and Saturday pay
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