Pressure groups are a collection of people who work together to persuade the government to change the law in certain areas and they can campaign against a change in law

Some pressure groups are set up to deal with one issue, others are permanent and are campaigning on several issues at any given time. Examples: Green Peace, Father for Justice.

Insider pressure groups- are groups that are considered 'legitimate' are directly consulted by the Government regarding proposed changes in the law.

Outsider pressure groups- are not consulted on policy decisions and have to work outside the governmental decision making process and therefore, have fewer opportunities to determine the direction of policy.

The aim of a pressure group is to convince those in authority that a considerable amount of people share their opinion and that they should listen to them if they want to be elected.

Examples: Protests, Petitions, Lobbying MPs, Celebrity/media endorsement, shocking images. However the message is lost when groups go too far.

	Created by jan v almost 7 years ago

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