Pressure Groups
- Created by: Kajal
- Created on: 15-05-13 10:14
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- Pressure Groups
- Functions
- Functional Representation
- Educate the inform the public
- Scrutiny of the government
- To hold the government to account for its actions
- To provide a passive form of participation
- Tension release for the public in times of public outrage
- To inform the government when making important decisions
- PGs and Parties
- Ways they are not like a Party
- They usually only have a narrow range of policies; often only a single issue PG
- Some single issue parties look like PGs.
- PGs never have to be held accountable for their actions
- Furthermore, PGs do not have to act in responsible ways. I.e. they can break the law if they wish.
- They do not seek Governmental power.
- Whilst some PGs put up candidates for election. They only do it for publicity, not to gain power.
- They usually only have a narrow range of policies; often only a single issue PG
- Ways a PG may LOOK like a Party
- Some single issue parties look like PGs.
- Some PGs do adopt a wide range of policies, like Trade Unions.
- Some PGs and Parties are very closely linked, so it is hard to distinguish between them.
- Ways they are not like a Party
- Classification
- Sectional
- Sectional groups represent a specific section of society. They only have the interests of their members at heart
- Promotional
- Promotional groups usually don't represent a specific section of society. They claim to serve all. But they promote a specific cause. They do not have a specific membership.
- Sectional
- Staus
- Outsider
- Outsider Pgs are groups that do not have a direct link with the government
- There is only two reasons that a PG is not an insider
- Or they are ASPIRING INSIDERS. They want to be insiders but have not been asked yet by the government. Eg. the Association of British Drivers
- They do not wish to be insiders as it restricts their activity. Eg. Green Peach woud not have been able to destroy the GM crops if it were an insider
- There is only two reasons that a PG is not an insider
- Outsider Pgs are groups that do not have a direct link with the government
- Insider
- Insider groups have a direct link with the government and operate within the political system
- Their status as an insider can change at any point, and they can go back to being outsiders
- They may be consulted regularly by the government of the day when the gov is making big decisions and needs information to know if it is the right move
- Some insider PGs have been set up by the government specifically and are funded with tax payer's money
- Eg. The Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR
- Insider groups have a direct link with the government and operate within the political system
- New Social Movements
- NSMs are rapidly forming temporary groups that focus on a particular issue
- They are mass movements of people usually connected by social media
- Untitled
- Outsider
- Functions
- They do not seek Governmental power.
- Whilst some PGs put up candidates for election. They only do it for publicity, not to gain power.
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