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What are pressure groups?

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They are away for people to influence governments and take part in the democratic process outside of the usual elections

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What type of parts do pressure groups play in politics?

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An integral part, they set agendas challenge governments and try to affect public opinion

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What “N I N E” characteristics do most pressure groups share

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Narrow focus N
Influence decisions I
Not N
Elected E

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How do pressure groups prise their way to success?

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P Participation
R representation
I influence policy
S scrutinise
E educate the public

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What does pressure groups can be sectional or promotional mean?

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They can represent a section of society, or they can represent a cause

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What is three things can pressure groups be? (National)

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They can be local national or transnational

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What two things can pressure groups be? (Time)

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They can be temporary or permanent

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How can pressure groups distort results?

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Major issues will have pressure groups on either side
If groups are unevenly match, the public will not be evenly matched

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Why does the pro hunting lobby not fit in to the boundaries of pressure groups

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They seem to be based on a course, e.g. the right to hunt with dogs
However, they can be seen to represent a section of society, e.g. wealthy people living in the countryside

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How does the British Medical Association break the pressure group boundaries?

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It seems to be based and supporting the medical profession
However, in its drive for better healthcare and improving funding, it can be fighting for a cause

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What is the key for most pressure groups?

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Public support

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When was the anti poll-tax movement?

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Late 1980s

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What was the anti poll-tax movement, successful in

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Convincing the government that they had mass support

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What did the countryside alliance managed to do with their support?

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They turned support into widespread public opposition, as it seems that you were either a member of the countryside alliance, or you hated them

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What are nine ways that pressure groups are operate

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  • Lobbying key figures
    -Funding parties
  • Boycotting
  • Civil disobedience
  • Lobbying MPs
  • Print/advertising campaign
  • The media
    -Demonstration
    -Publicity stunts
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What do insider pressure groups enjoy

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Direct access to ministers and policy makers as a matter of routine

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What does it mean to say the inside of pressure groups are incorporated?

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They are part of the policy-making process

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What is a quango?

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A quasi-autonomous-non-governmental-organisation

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By whom is government work carried out by

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Quangos and committees which need members and information i.e. the National rivers authority

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What does pressure groups becoming part of policy networks mean for them?

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It means they have a huge influence, but also means that they must act responsibly as to not jeopardise their position

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Give examples of insider pressure groups

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  • CBI (confederation of British industry)
  • RSPB (Royal Society for protection of birds)
  • National Trust
  • BMA (British medical Association)
  • Law society
  • NFU
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Why is the NFU such an entrenched insider pressure group

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The national farmers union
In 1947, agricultural act made it legal requirement that ministers consult the NFU before making decisions that affect farmers

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What are outsider groups?

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These are groups that have no direct access to ministers or policy processes in the way that insider groups do

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What are outsider groups key weapon?

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Mobilising public support

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What are some outsider pressure group?
- Countryside, alliance -Extinction rebellion/insulate Britain -CND (campaign for nuclear disarmament) - Fathers for justice - Green peace
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Why do some groups want to remain outsider groups?
Because becoming involved in policy-making loose credibility with the public
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Why is it more common now to have outsider pressure groups?
Traditional politics is increasingly unpopular
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Give an example of one pressure group, that is both an insider and an outsider in a way
The shelter and child, poverty, action group They are consulted by government, but still act as an outsider pressure group to embarrass them
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What are the five methods of pressure groups?
Lobbing Public Direct action Parliamentary methods Legal action
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Give some things that contribute to a success of a pressure group
Ideology ( if it’s close to the governments) Finance Size Organisation The opposing groups strength Status (Insider or outsider) Celebrity endorsement
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How do you pressure groups increase participation?
- Party membership and voting turnout are declining Single issues and pressure. Groups are the new way in which people get involved.
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How to pressure groups act as an access point
- The concentration on parliament is diminishing - They mean that there are other places to go
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Pressure, groups and direct action
- it was thought that outsider status, hindered chances of success - But modern governments are responsive to public opinion, if it is mobilised strongly
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What are four new access points for pressure groups
The human rights act of 1998 means judicial review of policy Devolution primary legislation create chances of sympathy Transnational corporations Extra party institutions, e.g. tanks and policy units
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How can pressure groups enhanced pluralism?
- They disperse power - they take power away from usual elites - Ordinary people can have influence over the government - The wide range of groups mean that many areas of society represented in decision-making between elections
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What does stonewall do?
They promote LGBTQ plus rights and equality when issues may not, otherwise be on the mind of legislators
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How do pressure groups educate the public?
They are independent and can tell people think that the government won’t They aren’t always totally reliable though, but they bring focus to issues that may otherwise be overlooked,
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What does Amnesty International do about educating the public?
They bring peoples attention to regimes where human rights abuses and coincide with our interests E.g. Qatar/World Cup Saudi Arabia/Arms contracts/Man City
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How to pressure groups increase participation?
Participation is essential for democracy to remain legitimate and keep checks on government between elections With party membership, going down, pressure groups fill a gap
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How do you environmental pressure groups increase participation?
They have a combined membership of 4.5 million people which is one in 10 UK adults
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How do you pressure groups help representation and minorities?
Democracy can become mob rule Pressure groups are away of those not well represented or under represented to gain access to decision-making making They prevent the feared tyranny of the majority
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How does the Muslim council of Britain help representation and minorities?
They work to overcome prejudice, amongst many others against their religion
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How to pressure groups widen debates by racing issues?
Issues that might otherwise go unaddressed can be brought to greater attention Make sure that all areas of society have a chance to take part in the political process
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How do the environmental groups wide and debates by raising issues?
They thrust Green issues right to the centre of politics, and they started in the 1970s
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How can pressure groups, concentrate power? (Neg)
Many inside of groups are not very visible to the public and have more influence than better known examples Producer groups might represent businesses and not the workers
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How does the national national Association of British and Irish Millers concentrate power?
They represent the UK flour industry
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How can pressure groups create disproportionate influence?
The public had the say at an election If you’re now having to convince the government, the public choose that they need to do what you want. You are at influencing them undemocratically At worst you are undermining, the will of the people
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How does the road haulage association create disproportionate influence?
They influence government on roads pricing, fuel duty and climate change measures
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What is the extinction rebellion?
It’s an environmental movement with the aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to try and get governments to act on climate change by diversity and ecological issues
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When did the extinction rebellion form?
2018 in the UK
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What is the symbol of the extinction rebellion?
It’s an hourglass showing that time is running out for many species
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What does the extinction rebellion taking inspiration from the civil rights movement look like
Dramatic public protest to raise awareness and rally support around a common sense of urgency to tackle climate change
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What are the three aims of extinction rebellion?
-Governments must tell the truth about how serious situation facing the environment is -governments must act rapidly to help the current sixth mass extinction event and reduce greenhouse gases to net 0 by 2025 -Government should establish then follow the leader of citizens assembly on climate and ecological justice
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What type of people are members of extinction rebellion?
White middle-class, compared to the rest of society and they are predominantly urban based
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Who supports extinction rebellion?
Emma, Tomphson Greta Thunberg Noam Chomsky NASA. Scientists Michael Stipe (REM) Arrange of academics
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What is the structure of the extinction rebellion?
The group is decentralised It is anyone who takes action in pursuit of the three goals, and who sticks to the 10 principles They can be claiming to act in the name of XR
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How many candidates did XR put forward in the last EU election
9 -candidates in 2019
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What is the main method of action for XR
Direct action
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What did extinction rebellion do in April 2019
They made 1130 members get arrested
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When were 1130 members ofXR arrested
April 2019
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How many extinction rebellion members were arrested in October 2019
1832
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In 2018, what did extinction rebellion do to London Bridge?
They had 6000 people block five London bridges
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What did extinction rebellion do to the treasury?
They sprayed it with 1800 L of fake blood
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How many cities did extinction rebellion have events take place in in October 2019
60 cities worldwide, with 30,000 activist, taking part in London alone
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What are four multiple places that the extinction rebellion have protested at
The BBC Stock exchange National portrait Gallery Google
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How many times was the action in 2019 mentioned over online media?
70,000 times in online media reports it was mentioned
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What is shelter?
It’s a charity that 6 to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland
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When was shelter, founded?
1966
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What are shelters, two distinct aims?
-To provide advice, practical, assistance and advocacy for people in need -Lobbying government for better investments in housing for laws, and policies to improve the lives of homeless or badly housed people
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What services do shelter provide?
National helpline running 365 days a year that helped over 41,000 households last year Free legal advice for those who have lost their homes or face eviction
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How many times was shelters website visited for advice last year?
4.3 million times
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What do shelter do about research and policy?
They carry out research to understand the problems They developed policy solutions
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What is two policy solutions did shelter provide
- they caused the government to commit to ending section 21 “ no fault” evictions - banks and property companies changed policy on “ no DSS” policies with government, stating its intention to crack down on this discrimination
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Give an example of shelters, campaigning
They asked people to sign a petition for government to build more social housing
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What was shelter, successful campaign that started in 2013?
- it was against letting agent fees that saw companies charge for removing facilities, credit checks supplying a new dustpan and brush… - One in seven renters had paid over £5000 in arbitrary fees
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What did shelter have the law change to stop?
Revenge, evictions Where tenants who had complained to their landlords, would then be kicked out of their home
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How did shelter change the law to stop revenge, evictions
They contacted almost every MP in the country The housing minister and 60 MPs would then at the debates that passed the law
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What was shelters income between 2016 and 2017?
£61,000,000
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What percent of their funding comes from what three sections
54% came from donations 29% came from other advice and support services 14% came from their charity shops
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How much did shelter spend on fundraising out of the income they had in 2016 to 2017
They spent £19,000,000 of this on fundraising
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How is M&S, a corporate partner of shelter?
They have a Christmas range, where 5% of the cost goes to shelter
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How are B&Q, corporate partners of shelter?
They run a DIY skills and advisor service
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How are nationwide, a corporate partner to shelter?
They donate and lifted restrictions on customers getting by select mortgages for renting to DSS tenants
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How is HSBC, a corporate partner of shelter?
They donate and help set homeless people up with bank accounts, which are often essential in renting accommodations
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What did Shelton do in September 20 20 to do with the media
They released one story every week to the UK press about help for renters over winter, no DSS court case, affordable homes, and unused planning permissions

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