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Sectional/interest groups |
- Represent a specific section of society. - Self-interested and concerned only with promoting the best interests of their members. - eg trade unions - Sectional groups represent various sports organisations, pensioners, children, students, industries, and the like. - Wherever there is an identifiable social section or organisation, it is very likely that it will be represented by a pressure group. |
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Cause, issue or promotional groups |
- Do not have a specific section of the community to represent. - Claim to be serving the interests of the whole community. - Have one issue or a cluster of issues that they are seeking to promote. - Often do not have a specific membership, or, most, only have a small group of activists. - Altruistic in that they consider that they serve us all, not their own memberships. |
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Dual-function groups (1) |
- May be both sectional and cause-based, so cannot be too inflexible in our classification. - There are group that perform a specific service or set of services for their members as well as campaigning without the political system on their behalf. - There are many thousands of local pressure groups operating within communities. Often they are environmental in nature, being concerned with local areas of nature beauty, parks, and problems arising from industry or agricultural. |
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Dual-function groups (2) |
- Local action groups are also often concerned with temporary issue eg building of by-passes, threatened closure of hospitals and schools. Whenever a major change is proposed for a locality, you can almost be sure that groups will spring up to oppose, amend or support the initiative. - More likely to be involved in local, rather than national, politics. |
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Insider groups (1) |
- Pressure groups that operate inside the political system through contacts with ministers, MPs, peers and official committees. They are regularly consulted by government. - Able to prevent unfavourable legislation at an early stage. - Can move from being insiders to outsiders and back, depending on which government is in power. - Consulted regularly by government bodies. They can provide useful information and may also be able to express the views of their members. If policies are to secure support, it is important for government to understand the attitudes of those who will be affected. - Some pressure groups have permanent sears on government policies committees and agencies. These groups therefore find themselves at the centre of the decision-making process. |
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Insider groups (1) |
- Pressure groups that operate inside the political system through contacts with ministers, MPs, peers and official committees. They are regularly consulted by government. - Able to prevent unfavourable legislation at an early stage. - Can move from being insiders to outsiders and back, depending on which government is in power. - Consulted regularly by government bodies. They can provide useful information and may also be able to express the views of their members. If policies are to secure support, it is important for government to understand the attitudes of those who will be affected. - Some pressure groups have permanent sears on government policies committees and agencies. These groups therefore find themselves at the centre of the decision-making process. |
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Insiders (2) |
- There are groups that have actually been set up by government itself and may be funded from taxpayers' money. They are almost part of government, not just insiders. - Select committees in the House of Commons investigate the work of government departments and produce reports of policy proposals. They have the power to call witnesses in the course of their proceedings. Insider pressure groups are often called to their meetings and so have a direct input into the process of making government fully accountable. - Insider groups are in the regional, national and international governments. - But must be responsible. They could lose their independance. May merge with political policies. |
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Insider groups (1) |
- Pressure groups that operate inside the political system through contacts with ministers, MPs, peers and official committees. They are regularly consulted by government. - Able to prevent unfavourable legislation at an early stage. - Can move from being insiders to outsiders and back, depending on which government is in power. - Consulted regularly by government bodies. They can provide useful information and may also be able to express the views of their members. If policies are to secure support, it is important for government to understand the attitudes of those who will be affected. - Some pressure groups have permanent sears on government policies committees and agencies. These groups therefore find themselves at the centre of the decision-making process. |
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Insiders (2) |
- There are groups that have actually been set up by government itself and may be funded from taxpayers' money. They are almost part of government, not just insiders. - Select committees in the House of Commons investigate the work of government departments and produce reports of policy proposals. They have the power to call witnesses in the course of their proceedings. Insider pressure groups are often called to their meetings and so have a direct input into the process of making government fully accountable. - Insider groups are in the regional, national and international governments. - But must be responsible. They could lose their independance. May merge with political policies. |
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Outsider groups |
- Unlike insider groups, outsiders have no special links with government but seek to influence decision makers by mobilising public opinion. - Not an insider because... ...It prefers to remain outside the governing process in order to preserve its independence and its freedom of action. ...Hasn't been invited into the governing process. These have been described as aspiring insiders. |
