WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN PRESSURE GROUPS Flashcards
POINT - THEY SUPPORT THE AIMS OF THE GROUP
Explain - Pressure groups can often cause important change, so people join a group that is focused on the issues that are really important to that person.
Example - people who live in
Duloch in Dunfermline might join Save our Calais Woods
POINT - SOME MIGHT JOIN A SPECIFIC GROUP BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE EFFECTIVE
Explain - Many pressure groups have been successful in persuading the government, someone might join a larger group with proven successes rather than set up their own
Example - People might join Friends of the Earth Scotland as they are successful in impacting policy regarding the environment
POINT - TO EXPRESS THEIR POLITICAL RIGHT
Explain - this means that people can join a group and protest so people might join groups because they are free too
Example - People may join Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to express their voices
