Pressure Groups Flashcards
What is an insider pressure group?
This kind of group has a good relationship with the government.
What is an advantage of being part of an insider group?
The government are more likely going to listen to their views.
Name a few examples of an insider group
BMA- advised the Scottish government to have free prescriptions in Scotland in 2011.
The junior doctors going on strike in 2016.
What is an outsider group?
This type of group usually uses protests, marches, rallies and demonstrations to force the government to listen.
They do not have a good relationship with the government.
Why is the use of celebrities good for campaigning with an outsider group?
- Example
Brings a lot of publicity to the group.
Naomi Campbell in 2011 helped the White Ribbon Alliance and this changed the GOVt mind and increased the money by 0.7GBD
Name an example of an outsider group
Glasgow Girls (2005), they marched against the deportation of people in their school. They didn't break the law and they changed it. Does this show that legal methods do work?
What are the cause groups?
A group with a shared view
Who are the Friends of the Rose Burn Wildlife Corridor?
A group who tried to stop the trams coming back to Edinburgh. However, they were too small and are no longer a pressure group as the trams are now in Edinburgh.
Who are the Child Poverty Action Group?
A group who tried to help people with children (mainly families) to come out of poverty.
They have been around since 1965 and not disbanded because they have not overcome poverty.
What is a sectional group?
To fight for a particular group in society.
This is usually trade unions
What happened in 2011 with the EIS?
Teachers took part in this group and went on strike to raise teachers pensions.
What happened in 2016 with the EIS?
A strike in Dunbartonshire in stopping the changing of PTs to faculty PTS
