POL 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Canadian Labour Congress, Civil Society, Advantageous

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 222
• Professor: Andrea Migone

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Chapter 16 readings (advocacy groups, social movements, and lobbying) Interest groups/pressure groups any group that seeks to influence government policy without contesting elections. Civil society institutions and organizations that exist between the individual and family on the one hand and the government or state on the other. Lobbying any organized attempt to influence the authorities, an activity that is most commonly undertaken by pressure groups but could of course be done by individuals, companies, or other political actors: theoretical considerations (page 396) Primary task of advocacy groups interest articulation. Normally have a narrow focus and are organized around a single, central interest which they try to impress on those in authority. Special interests groups applied to previously marginalized interests by those who have dominated the policymaking in the past. Interest groups transmit demands from the people to the authorities and vice versa. Advocacy groups are also involved in the policymaking process.