Pressure Groups And Other Influences Flashcards
Name the 2 types of pressure group (aims)
Sectional/Interest
Cause/Promotional
What type of pressure group is the Law Society
Sectional/Interest
Who can join the Law Society
Solicitors in England and Wales
What type of pressure group is Greenpeace
Cause/Promotional
What are the 2 types of pressure groups (relationship with government)
Insider
Outsider
What do insider groups do to influence govt?
Lobby
What do outsider groups do to influence govt?
Public demonstrations
How many signatures did the 38 Degrees group collect in 2016?
320,000 - Not to privatise the Land Registry
What 4 factors affect how successful pressure groups are?
Resources
Tactics and Leadership
Public Support
Government Attitudes
Who helped the Gurkha’s (example of public support)
Joanna Lumley
What organisation, closely linked with DEFRA helped to introduce the badger cull in 2013? (example of government attitudes)
National Farmers Union
Name one of the two groups that the RSPCA worked with to secure the dog hunting ban in 2004 (example of tactics and leadership)
League Against Cruel Sports and International Fund for Animal Welfare
What campaign aimed to ban the use of handguns after the 1996 Dunblane Primary School Massacre? (example of public support)
Snowdrop
What type of other group is described as ‘groups of experts…offer solutions to complicated economic, social or political issues’?
Think Tank
Name one of the key groups which influence the Conservative Party
Adam Smith Institute
AND/OR
Centre for Policy Studies
