A pressure group that defends the interests of a particular section of society.
protective group
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A pressure group that supports a particular cause.
promotional group
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Who do pressure groups seek to influence?
political parties
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Name a way that a pressure group can influence people's opinions.
mass media
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Name a way that pressure groups can directly influence a political party.
contributions
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Name an illegal way that pressure groups can directly influence political parties.
bribery
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Pressure groups can also ______ governments as they have specialized knowledge of a particular issue or group.
advise
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An example of pressure group that has been known to do this is __________.
greenpeace
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Another form of impact that pressure groups can use is _____ ____________
civil disobedience
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What group did this by freeing animals bred for laboratory experiments?
animal liberation front
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Classical Pluralists see pressure groups as necessary for what.
democracy
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This is because they believe it allows people to ___________ as actively as possible.
participate
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They also believe it may be an alternative to what?
party membership
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Some have noted that membership of pressure groups has _____ in Britain.
risen
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Another reason why they believe that pressure groups are necessary is that not everybody will agree on ________.
policies
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They also believe that it helps those that voted for the losing party to have a _____.
voice
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As well as this if ___ ______ arrive that had not been covered in their manifesto , it allows people to have a say in how the government act.
new issues
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An example of this is that The Refugee Council is a British interest group that draws attention to the issues faced by ________ that are usually ignored by the media and Politicians.
refugees
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According to Classical Pluralists all issues faced by the public are ___________ because of pressure groups.
represented
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Whereas, _____ __________ do not accept that all members of society are equal and represented fairly.
elite pluralists
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However, they do agree that Western societies are basically __________.
democratic
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They also agree that _____ is dispersed.
power
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_____ comes from an Elite Pluralist perspective.
grant
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He believes that the influence of pressure groups has ________.
declined
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As well as this he argues that the number of pressure groups has ________.
expanded
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He also makes the arguement that pressure groups are no longer so focused on influencing the Government, but people's _______ as this is more direct
actions
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An example of this is that ____ was persuaded not to dump its oil rig in the North Sea, partly by boycotts from environmental groups.
shell
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Grant concluded that though pressure groups help to maintain an essentially Democratic Britain, some have ____ power than others.
more
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An example of a pressure group that is also a charity for homeless people.
shelter
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_______ International is an example of a pressure group that defends human rights.
amnesty
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_____ Unions are pressure groups that promote the interest of the workers.
trade
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When a pressure group is focused on one particular issue this is called a ______ cause group.
single
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Whereas, when a pressure group focuses on a wider range of issues this is called a _____ cause party.
multi
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An example of a ____ profile insider group is the Confederation of British Industry.
high
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___ profile insider groups aim to only influence Government decision and not the wider public.
low
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________ groups are dependent on government, which may fund them or have created them in the first place.
prisoner
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_________ insider groups are sometimes called 'threshold groups' and an example of this is the Countryside Alliance protesting against fox hunting.
potential
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A pressure group might be an outside group by necessity because they lack _________ knowledge and skills.
political
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___________ outsider groups, for example the Animal Liberation Front who sent letter bombs to political leaders such as Margaret Thatcher.
ideological
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Four Paws did a fur protest outside London _______ week which got a lot of media attention.
fashion
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A pressure group that supports a particular cause.
Back
promotional group
Card 3
Front
Who do pressure groups seek to influence?
Back
Card 4
Front
Name a way that a pressure group can influence people's opinions.
Back
Card 5
Front
Name a way that pressure groups can directly influence a political party.
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