Definition of Pressure Groups

Sectional Groups (Classification by aim)

Cause Groups (Classification by aim)

Attitude Cause Groups

Political Cause Group

Sectional Cause Groups

Insider Group (Classification by status)

Drawbacks of insider groups

Outsider groups

Criticisms of Grant's classification of PGs

New Social Movements

Examples of New Social Movements

Umbrella or peak groups

Why are more people joining Pressure Groups?

Lobbying Government
(CORE INSIDERS ONLY)

Lobbying Parliament
(CORE INSIDERS ONLY)

Working through a political party

Use of legal system

Traditional Methods

The use of TV and Radio

The use of newspapers

The use of publishing

The use of advertising and internet

The use of opinion polls

The use of media campaigns.

Direct action

Civil Disobedience

Pressure Group and the EU

The growing power of the EU

Eurogroups

Role within pluralist democracy

Corporatism

Thatcher 1979 - 1990

Major 1990 - 1997

Relationship with government since 1997