Pressure groups are an organised group of people that aim to influence government policies or actions. They tend to represent minority groups and therefore they act as a channel of communication between the people and the government. That does not se
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Difference PP & PG
The aim of political parties is to achieve power and govern affairs of state. Pressure groups do not have this as their aim; instead they seek to influence and persuade those who are in power.
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Peak groups
Coordinate activities of diff PG in same interest area, work closely with gov
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Social movement
Large group of people distinguished by common aspirations & high political level of commitment, often lack organization
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BNP ( issue of race & immigrant) Green Party (environmental isssues)
Straddle insider /outsider divide by operating behind scenes and through mass media & public-opinion campaigns ( CBI NFU BMA )
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Low-profile insider groups
Concentrate on developing contacts with government and rarely seek to influence wider public
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Prisioners groups
Dependent on government > may fund them or created them as in case of quanqos ( National Consumer Council & Comission for Human Rights and Equality)
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Potential insiders groups
+ called 'treshold grp'> aspire insider status have yet achieve it ( Countryside Alliance)
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Outsider groups by necessity
Lack of political knowlwdge and skills
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Ideoloical outsider group
Radical aims that are not compatible with those of gov, members also often attracted to tactics of mass activism or direct action (ALF CND STWC)
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Protest movements
People's Fuel Lobby, Countryside Alliance, Stop the War Coalition, Make Poverty History , anti-fees demonstrations
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Balancing btw outsider and insider
Industry(insider) vs Consumer (outsider) 2014 Palestina Solidarity Campaign against John Lewis stocking Sodastream > tackin land and water of Palestina
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BMA
British Medical Association
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NUT
National Union of Teachers
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CBI
Confederation of British Industry
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NFU
National Farmers Union
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ALF
Animal Liberation Front
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TUC
Trades Union Congress
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CND
Campaign of Nuclear Disarment
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RSPB
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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Difference PP & PG
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The aim of political parties is to achieve power and govern affairs of state. Pressure groups do not have this as their aim; instead they seek to influence and persuade those who are in power.
Card 3
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Peak groups
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Card 4
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Social movement
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Card 5
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BNP ( issue of race & immigrant) Green Party (environmental isssues)
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