Pressure Groups

Single Cause ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Multi-Cause ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Protective ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Promotional ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Direct ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Illegal Direct Action ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lobbying ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Indirect ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pressure Groups A group seeking to influence government policy or business activity to secure the interests of their members and supporters.

Single Cause ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Single cause pressure groups focus their attention on specific issues such as the improvement of facilities for cyclists. Image copyright: Patrick Nijhuis, http://www.sxc.hu

Multi-Cause ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Protective ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The AA may contribute to the debate on road maintenance and road construction to represent the views of motorists. Image copyright: Oscar Falcon Lara, http://www.sxc.hu

Promotional ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Direct ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Protestors from the group, Protestors for the Ethical treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrate their objections to the fur trade. Image copyright: Robert Bredvad, http://www.sxc.hu

Illegal Direct Action ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Criminal damage can be one way in which pressure groups make their views known but is illegal. Image copyright: Ricardo Silva, http://www.sxc.hu

Lobbying ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Protestors against the IMF and the World Bank inflate a giant pig to represent corporate gluttony in Washington DC, USA. Image copyright: Michelle Kwajafa, http://www.sxc.hu

Indirect ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Petitions illustrate the strength of feeling on an issue. Getting a celebrity to endorse the petition always helps! Spike Milligan, the former patron of an animal welfare group, Animals Vigilantes, accompanies two teenage sisters to Downing Street to hand in a petition to the Prime Minister in 1984. Copyright: Getty Images, available from Education image Gallery (http://edina.ac.uk/eig/)

Influence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Effects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Response of Business ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Criticisms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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