POLS 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16, 6, 9: Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, Thout, Ageism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1400
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

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Chapter 16: advocacy groups, social movements, and lobbying. Interest groups or pressure groups can be defined as any group that seeks to influence government policy without contesting elections - that is without putting forward its own candidates. Alter(cid:374)ati(cid:448)el(cid:455), the(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) defi(cid:374)ed as (cid:862)orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s (cid:449)hose (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers a(cid:272)t together to i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) poli(cid:272)(cid:455) i(cid:374) order to pro(cid:373)ote their (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) i(cid:374)terest(cid:863) Social movements: generally possess a less formal structure and bring new values into the political system. Lobbying: used to refer to 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. Ad(cid:448)o(cid:272)a(cid:272)(cid:455) groups are assig(cid:374)ed the pri(cid:373)ar(cid:455) task of (cid:862)i(cid:374)terest arti(cid:272)ulatio(cid:374)(cid:863), the(cid:455) (cid:374)or(cid:373)all(cid:455) have a narrow focus and are organized around a single, central interest which they try to impress on those in authority.