PO264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Movement, Environmental Movement, Ryerson University
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Social movements and interest groups: determinants of success: Key factors: sympathy of and access to the government, information, nical position of the government, member sand cohesion the assumption that a larger the interest group, the more successful the interest group is. This makes sense from an electoral standpoint they cant threaten the government to in uence their voters to vote for a different party at the next election. However, could be a disadvantage for an interest to have large amount of member. Its easier to aggregate interest, there are bene ts that groups have to offer to their membership base if its smaller, its better. Greenpeace is much more diffused and you don"t immediately bene t from it. Vs. a sector where there are many competing interest groups: social movements, goals and issues: materialists versus post- materialists (new) (consequence of what liberals call value change in western society.
