Politics AS Pressure Groups

All the key terms needed for AQA AS British Pressure groups.

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A key institution of the EU which suggests policy initiatives to the Council of Ministers. It has a responsibility for managing policies and acts as a guardian of the treaties.
European Commission
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Barriers within Europe to trade were removed, under the Single European Act 1986. This type of free market is called a ...... ......
Single Market
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Legislature of the EU.
European Parliment
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What does MEP stand for?
Member of the European Parliment.
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Highest legislative body in the EU
Council of Ministers
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A European-level federation of national pressure groups. ( TUC belongs to the ETUC )
Eurogroup
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National charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing
Shelter
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Intergovernmental association that aims to coordinate policy on production and distribution of petrol among its members. (OPEC)
Oil Producing and Exporting Countries
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Those who believe that pressure groups are a natural and desirable part of politics in a democracy where power is dispersed,
Pluralists
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Those who believe in the idea of bringing organised interests into parliment
Corporatists
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A diverse population in which many ethnic groups are represented
Heterogeneous
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Groups formed which oppose the views and compete with another body. The result can lead to groups cancelling each other out.
Countervailing
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A system of policy making in which major economic interests work closely within the formal structures of government to devise and carry out public policies
Corporatism
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Lose, centralisied form of corporatism
Tripartism
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Those who subscribe to the set of political beliefs associated with the German Karl Marx. Modern Communism is based on his ideas.
Marxists
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Existing by consent, seeking the maximum degree of agreement before action is taken
Consensual
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Relates to the trade unions and the employers engaged in social dialogue.
Social Partners
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Different types of relationships that can apply between government, pressure groups and the range of other players involved in policy making in a particular sector.
Policy Networks
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Small, Stable, consensual groupings of stable government officials and group leaders involved in decision making in a particular policy area
Policy Communities
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Large, Flexible and open networks of particular individuals in any policy area. They involve more people.
Issue Networks
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Group of farmers who wished to safeguard the long-term future of British agriculture and the British countryside
Farmers For Action
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Campaign based on a variety of charities, religious groups, trade unions and celebrities who mobilised in 2005 to increase awareness and pressure governments into action to relieve absolute poverty.
Make Poverty History
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Aggressive of forceful in support of a cause
Militant
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Direct action in the environmental field, including acts of sabotage on buildings and equipment, similar to ecoterrorism.
Ecotage
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Those which seek to defend the interests of people of categories of people in society.
Defensive groups
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Those which seek to advance particular causes and ideas not of immediate benift to themselves
Campaigning groups
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Arena of social life 'above' the personal realm of the family, but 'beneath' the state. It comprimises of voluntary organisations and civil associations that lets individuals to work together in groups, and work independantly of state regulations
Civil Society
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Organisations that represent groups of workers in order to defend their interests and work for better pay and conditions.
Trade Unions
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Diverse range of cultures that makes up society. Argues that all people of goodwill whatever their background can live together and celebrate diversity, with each community preserving its culture whilst respecting that of others
Multi-cultural
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Theory that explains the nature of political concerns and values in terms of economic development. In today's condition of relative prosperity, post-materialists are more concerned with the search for better quality of life.
Post-materialism
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Study of relationships between living organisms and their environment. Those who practice this, have a 'deep green' anti-materialistic and anti-technological stance. They wish to change society's present direction because they question its values.
Ecology
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Non-profit making voluntary sector bodies such as the red cross.
Non-governmental organisations
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Groups formed to research and develop policy proposals. They are sometimes influential with the parties with which they share a broad affinity
Think Tanks
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Large bodies of people united around a central idea of continuing significance whose goal is to change attitudes or institutions, not just policies
Social movements
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Also known as peak organisations. They co-ordinate and represent the broad activites of buisness or labour. Their members are not individulas, they are other bodies such as firms or labour unions.
Umbrella Organisations
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These groups concentrate their attention on the acheivement of one specific objective
Single Issue
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Study of different types. See Grant's ........ in relation to pressure groups.
Typology
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Group of people who represent a particular interest or cause. The ..... normally refers to all of those who seek to influence public policy.
Lobby
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The practice of meeting with elected representitives to persuade them of the merits of the case you wish to advance.
Lobbying
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Employees of associations who try to influence policy decisions.
Lobbyists
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Campaigns designed to present a favourable image for a cause or interest overtime.
Background campaigns
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Dramatic type of group campaign designed to rally support quickly.
Fire brigade campaign
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Action beyond the usual constitional and legal framework. An attempt to coerce those in authority into doing something they would not otherwise do.
Direct Action
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Direct action climate group.
Plane Stupid
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local action groups whose members wish to protect their own lifestyle
Nimby groups
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EU laws that specify the goal of a policy, but leave member governments to decide on how they implement the details.
Directives
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