Types of group politics
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- Created on: 23-11-18 08:40
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- Types of group politics
- Lobbyists
- Often described as public relations companies or public affairs agencies
- Promote interests of whoever employs them
- Operate around Westminster, local government, central government departments and in EU institutions
- Often employ former politicians to access certain people and offer contracts
- Think tanks
- An organisation whose role is to carry out research into various aspects of public policy
- Financed by government or private sources or both
- Used by decision makers to inform their policy deliberation
- May be neutral or have a political view to promote
- Trade unions
- Organisation made up of members whose membership must be made up mainly of workers
- Main aim to protect and advance the interests of its members in the workplace
- Most are independent of any employer
- Corporations
- Big businesses seek meetings with leading politicians
- Make donations to political parties to influence politics
- Pressure groups
- Association with the aim of influencing policy-making at local, regional, national or European level without actually seeking power
- Organisations such as companies, academic bodies and media organisations aren't technically pressure groups but they operate them so they can be evaluated in the same way
- Lobbyists
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