policy actors

Question 1

what is an interest group?

Answer 1

any group outside the state including market and some civil society groups that attempts to influence policy to achieve specific goals

voluntary

aim to achieve some desired goal(s)

do not attempt to become part of the formal government machinery

Question 2

what are the types of interest groups?

Answer 2

cause group

sectional group

Question 3

what is a cause group?

Answer 3

interest or pressure group whose main goal is to promote a particular issue or cause

Question 4

what is a sectional group

Answer 4

interest group whose main goal is to protect and enhance the interests of its members and/or the section of society it represents

Question 5

differentiate between government and governance

Answer 5

government: institutions and procedures for making and enforcing rules and other collection decisions
e.g. politicians, bureaucrats, policy elites,

governance: all processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market, or network
e.g. government actors + civil society organizations, interest groups/pressure groups, organizations/corporations

Question 6

what is lobbying

Answer 6

process through which individuals and groups articulate their interests to federal, provincial or municipal governments in order to influence public policy or government decision-making