POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Elections Canada, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canadian Auto Workers

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Week 10: interest groups and social movements november 12, 2012. An organization that pursue the common interests of groups of people, particularly by trying to influence the making and implementation of public policies: also called pressure groups or advocacy groups, tend to focus on non-territorial political cleavages. Don"t focus on territory as much because we have representation by population. Our electoral system is based on territory, we have government to deal with territory. Environmental issues, women issues, children issues, sports is what they tend to deal with. Not mobs of people: articulation & aggregation. Bringing together ideas, than articulate them in public, and bring support for those demands: persuasion. Seek to peruse government, influence government, desired outcomes: not hold power. Focused on influencing those who have power but don"t want to have power themselves: membership. Business: represent and promote and industry, protect their industry from competition of other groups.

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