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Question 1

agree1

Answer 1

Agreement
* Governments can ignore the vast
bulk of influence exerted by thinktanks, lobbyists and pressure
groups
* Governments tend to ignore
collective organisations who have
incompatible views
* Some collective organisations lack
resources to have an impact on
government decisions
* The vast number of collective
organisations that exist in UK
society often work to cancel each
other out.

Question 2

disagree1

Answer 2

Governments are conscious of
effective collective group activity
* Many collective organisations have
a powerful political profile
(respected think-tanks, lobbyists
and insider groups)
* Governments have abandoned
their policy agendas as a result of
collective group activity
* Many collective organisations have
direct input into government policy
as a result of financial, political or
academic suppor

Question 3

agree2

Answer 3

Governments have the sole authority to
make decisions
* Governments have a mandate to carry out
their policies, collective organisations do
not.
* This is because the government may have
a monopoly of information or may prevent
information reaching the public domain.
* Diversity thus creates an impotence in
power for collective bodies

Question 4

disagree2

Answer 4

Governments will avoid head on
confrontation with collective bodies if
possible, as it may damage their popularity
* Governments respond to these group’s
concerned more than others without this
profile
* A well organised collective group may be
as effective in changing government policy
as other powerful groups.
* Government policy is impacted by
collective groups who support the
governing party of the time.

Question 5

agree3

Answer 5

We can conclude few various examples that
government decisions have not been reversed
by these actions of these collective
organisation
* We can reach a judgement that collective
organisations with limited compatibility with
government policy have limited impact.
* We can come to a verdict that for collective
organisations to have impact, they have to
have substantial resources.
* We can conclude that, because the number of
collective organisations have increased in
recent years, few have managed to have a
radical impact on government decisions

Question 6

disagree3

Answer 6

• We can conclude that Governments are
  mindful of adverse publicity when dealing with
  pressure groups
• We can come to a verdict that it is not a
  question of whether collective groups have
  influence but of which ones?
• We can come to a judgement that collective
  groups provide a wealth of information and
  insight and thus have an impact on
  government policy.
• We can conclude that collective organisation’s
  impact on government policy is extensive