PSCI 2002 Lecture 11: Week 11
29 Nov 2017
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Chapter 16 advocacy groups, social movements, and lobbying. The terms advocacy group, pressure group and interest group can be used interchangeably, with only subtle distinctions. Any organized group of people that shares an interest is an interest group; it becomes an advocacy group if it gets political; and it becomes a pressure group if it gets aggressive! These are groups that seek to influence government policy without contesting elections, that is, without putting forward their own candidates. They are organizations whose members act together to influence public policy in order to promote their common interest. Interest groups supplement such geographic representation with functional representation. Association, canadian petroleum producers association: businesses also get together in peak business groups (e. g. business. Council of canada, canadian chamber of commerce, canadian. Exporters), i. e. groups that span the whole economy. The business council of canada, formerly the canadian council of chief. Executives, is probably the most powerful pressure group of all.
