POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frances Fox Piven, Civil Society, Corporatism
5 Mar 2014
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Pressure groups and social movements: why groups organize, the political role of groups, theories of groups, political structures governing group"s influence on policymaking. The origins of pressure groups: pressure groups form out of social change and state activities, aggregate and articulate interests. There to raise issues with governments: organizing in response to the size and scope of contemporary government, specialized agencies and the technocratic nature of policymaking today. Influence government: usually focus on a single policy area, eschew politics until an issue becomes important to them, avoid involving themselves in elections, though this depends on a country"s electoral laws. Come and go as the issue makes it necessary. Once the issue is resolved, they disappear: political groups. Focus on political action there for the long haul. Insider groups have direct access to government and their concerns often revolve around technical issues.
