Pressure Groups
- Created by: trevor dale
- Created on: 26-02-13 16:37
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- Pressure Groups
- Methods
- Direct Action
- Illegal actions
- PETA and animal release
- Civli disobedience
- Refusal to follow laws
- MLK US Civli rights
- Refusal to follow laws
- Illegal actions
- Traditional
- Petitions
- Clarkson for PM
- Campaigns
- NSPCC Full Stop
- Demonstrations
- Tutiition Fee March 2010
- Lobbying
- NUT teachers pensions
- Petitions
- Legal
- Judical Review
- Hunting Act Challenged
- EU Law
- ECHR
- Gender recognition
- Judical Review
- Political
- Influences legiational
- Reports to Parliamentary Committees
- Sponsoring Parties/Mps
- Unions and Labour Party
- Influences legiational
- Direct Action
- Types
- By status
- Insider
- Specialists- Called for certain issues
- Greenpeace (Environment)
- Core- Strong relationship with Gov
- BMA (Health)
- Limited - Only when their issues are raised
- Dogs Trust (Dogs)
- Specialists- Called for certain issues
- outsider
- By Choice- Ideological
- PETA
- Too Weak
- Fathers for Justice
- By Necessity
- Countryside Alliance
- By Choice- Ideological
- Insider
- By Aim
- Cause - Open Membership
- Sectional - campaign for a narrow issue
- Stop the War
- Political - Prompt Act
- Charter 88
- Attitude- reform views
- Greenpeace
- Sectional - campaign for a narrow issue
- Sectional- membership limited
- Professional
- BMA, Bar Council
- Unions
- NUT,NUS
- Professional
- Cause - Open Membership
- By status
- Impact on Democracy
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- Increases involvement
- Membership of Greenpeace 2.8 million
- Pluralism
- Countryside Alliance vs. RSPCA on hunting
- Enables minority views a voice
- Stonewall for Gay Rights
- Easy to be involved
- Support via Social networks
- no ideological requirement
- You don't need to be Conservative to support No to EU
- Increases involvement
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- undermines Parties
- Membership of Labour Party 190,000
- Undemocratic
- BMA aren't elected
- Loudest isn'ts always right
- Marches never have a majority (2010 tutition fee)
- can be illegal
- Fire bomb campaign by animal rights
- distraction from serious issues
- Fathers For Justice - Superhero campaign
- undermines Parties
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