PAP 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Deliberative Democracy, Child Care, Participatory Democracy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 1301
• Professor: Joseph Roman

Document Summary

Interest groups and their rule in policy making. Protected groups: looks after member"s interest, form on occupational i. lines, potential for geography to play role (ex. Neighbourhood associations), ex. trade union, business associations, industrial organizations i. are ideal types so difficult to separate promotional bodies from protected groups, can start as one and change into the other. Promotional bodies: advocate ideas, identities, policies, and values, both. Episodic interest group: emerge when there"s a sudden issue of public importance, generally disappear when issue is solved, also referred to as fire brigade groups, can evolve into something more important ex. Anti-war protesters, anti-free trade groups: seek to influence public policy, might want to get something on, change one, rethink one, political action ii. i. i. Issues put on agenda if politicized, something worthy of public discussion. Consider status of interest group (insider or outsider group) a.