PO264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Italian Canadians
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Linking people to government: chart (political parties, interest groups, social movements, political parties: intermediate actors who historically have their roots in society, but over time become more apart of the state. They have candidates who run for elections and become elected for mp and. Pms etc: interest groups/ social movements: closer to society social movements are much more grassroots and have less access tot he state sphere. However many interest gets very involved in the state and help in uence decisions of the state. In canada, there are interests that have close ties with certain ministers, but it is not a cooperate. In this case, we talk about pluralism (cooperatism vs. pluralism). This has developed through globalization: most interest group and social movement activity are still situated within the national democratic framework. De nitions: interest group: any group that seeks to in uence governed policy without contesting elections .
