Chapter 5 - Factors affecting Pressure Group success Flashcards
Group Aims effect PG success because…
They need a certain level of practical achieveability and public receptivity (eg Howard League for Penal (prison) Reform less popular than Victim Support)
Public mood changes suddenly, which is when PGs step in, eg.
The Snowdrop Campaign against firearms lacked momentum until the Dunblane High School Massacre in 1996, but then they helped push through a firearms bill banning handguns in 1997
Group resources effect PG success because…
Groups with high status leaders (eg. Joanna Lumley and the Gurkha Justice Campaign or Jamie Oliver ‘feed me better’) or more money, have greater access to methods for change. Skilled group members also can be put to use
Group Status effects PG success because…
Groups with contact with gov have more influence
Group Methods effect PG success because…
Direct Action is high profile but has little effect
