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Pressure Groups Quiz

Evie Cawte 10 questions

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  1. 1Factors affecting Pressure Groups Success
    [blank_start]Government Ideology[blank_end] - >750,000 marched on London against the Iraq War – Gov chose to ignore
    [blank_start]Income[blank_end] - Unite contributed almost £2.4 million to Labour for their 2017 campaign
    [blank_start]Size[blank_end] - RSPB Members > members of all political parties combined
    [blank_start]Organisation and Tactics[blank_end] - Fathers4Justice – isolate themselves with extreme methods
    [blank_start]Rival group pressure[blank_end] - Countryside Alliance v PETA, RSPCA, etc.
    [blank_start]Public and media opinion[blank_end] - Stonewall supporting LGBTQ+ causes
    [blank_start]Celebrity endorsement[blank_end] - Joanna Lumley and the Gurkha Justice Campaign
    [blank_start]Events[blank_end] - Dunblane Massacre 1996 – aided Snowdrop Campaign for Gun Reform
    1. AGovernment Ideology
    2. BIncome
    3. CSize
    4. DOrganisation and Tactics
    5. ERival group pressure
    6. FPublic and media opinion
    7. GCelebrity endorsement
    8. HEvents
  2. 2Pressure Groups Help Democracy
    [blank_start]Check and balance on Executive[blank_end] - [blank_start]Amnesty International[blank_end] – how Gov needs to provide more humanitarian aid
    [blank_start]Provide more scrutiny on Parliament[blank_end] - [blank_start]BMA[blank_end] – critiqued Junior Doctors Reform (permitted mass strike)
    [blank_start]Minority groups can influence politics[blank_end] - Gurkha Justice Campaign – influence on other similar cases
    [blank_start]Political engagement between elections[blank_end] - All pressure groups around the year campaign – e.g. PETA
    [blank_start]Educate both citizens and politicians[blank_end] - [blank_start]PETA[blank_end] on MoD chemical testing of animals - not public knowledge
    [blank_start]Pluralist democracy[blank_end] - Gives citizens more access points to get involved in politics
    1. ACheck and balance on Executive
    2. BProvide more scrutiny on Parliament
    3. CMinority groups can influence politics
    4. DPolitical engagement between elections
    5. EEducate both citizens and politicians
    6. FPluralist democracy
    7. GPETA
    8. HBMA
    9. IAmnesty International
  3. 3Pressure Groups Damage Democracy
    [blank_start]Government ≠ neutral in access[blank_end] - [blank_start]TUC[blank_end] only favourable under Labour Government
    [blank_start]Centralised power to government[blank_end] - Parliamentary Sovereignty – only listen to echo chamber
    [blank_start]Participation often ineffective[blank_end] - Often only receive email alerts – not all members participate in direct action
    [blank_start]Minority groups too influential[blank_end] - [blank_start]Countryside Alliance[blank_end] – Fox Hunting supported by May (majority = against)
    [blank_start]Unelected elite leaders[blank_end] - Unaccountable as no elected officials within pressure groups
    [blank_start]Spread misinformation[blank_end] - [blank_start]Plane Stupid[blank_end] – not realistic in if stopping air travel would impact economy
    1. AGovernment ≠ neutral in access
    2. BTUC
    3. CCentralised power to government
    4. DParticipation often ineffective
    5. EMinority groups too influential
    6. FCountryside Alliance
    7. GUnelected elite leaders
    8. HSpread misinformation
    9. IPlane Stupid
  4. 4Think Tanks
    Adam Smith Institute = [blank_start]Neo-liberal[blank_end]
    Centre for Social Justice = [blank_start]Centre-right leaning[blank_end]
    Fabian Society = [blank_start]Left-wing leaning[blank_end]
    Demos = [blank_start]Bipartisan[blank_end]
    1. ANeo-liberal
    2. BCentre-right leaning
    3. CLeft-wing leaning
    4. DBipartisan
  5. 5Sectional Groups
    [blank_start]BMA[blank_end] - British Medical Association
    [blank_start]TUC[blank_end] - Trades Union Congress
    [blank_start]NFU[blank_end] - National Farmers Union
    [blank_start]NUS[blank_end] - National Union of Students
    1. ABMA
    2. BTUC
    3. CNFU
    4. DNUS
  6. 6Cause Groups
    [blank_start]Greenpeace[blank_end] - Environmental protest group
    [blank_start]CND[blank_end] - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
    [blank_start]RSPB[blank_end] - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
    [blank_start]PETA[blank_end] - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
    1. AGreenpeace
    2. BCND
    3. CRSPB
    4. DPETA
  7. 7Insider Groups
    BMA - British Medical Association
    NFU - National Farmers Union
    [blank_start]RSPCA[blank_end] - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
    1. ARSPCA
    2. BPETA
    3. CRSPB
  8. 8Outsider Groups
    Potential insiders - Waiting for a Labour Government – [blank_start]TUC[blank_end], [blank_start]Votes at 16[blank_end]
    Outsider by necessity - Too extreme demonstrations – [blank_start]Fathers4Justice[blank_end]
    Ideological outsiders - Incompatible ideas with the government – [blank_start]Amnesty International[blank_end]
    1. AFathers4Justice
    2. BTUC
    3. CVotes at 16
    4. DAmnesty International
  9. 9Functions of Pressure Groups
    [blank_start]Access Points[blank_end] - Pluralist democracy – numerous entryways into politics
    [blank_start]Policy Formulation[blank_end] - [blank_start]BMA[blank_end] – ban smoking in public places
    [blank_start]Political Participation[blank_end] - [blank_start]RSPB[blank_end] Members > members of all political parties combined
    [blank_start]Hold government to account[blank_end] - [blank_start]Greenpeace[blank_end] – ban nuclear weapons testing by government
    [blank_start]Educate the public[blank_end] - [blank_start]PETA[blank_end] – use of animals in MoD chemical testing
    1. AAccess Points
    2. BBMA
    3. CPolicy Formulation
    4. DPolitical Participation
    5. ERSPB
    6. FGreenpeace
    7. GHold government to account
    8. HEducate the public
    9. IPETA
  10. 10Features of Pressure Groups
    [blank_start]Increasingly professional[blank_end] - Sectional groups – closed membership – e.g. [blank_start]National Union of Students[blank_end]
    [blank_start]Increasingly powerful[blank_end] - More direct access and influence on decision-makers
    [blank_start]Don’t seek election[blank_end] - [blank_start]Greenpeace[blank_end] ≠ Green Party – stand for similar/same issues
    [blank_start]Wide range of levels and methods[blank_end] - [blank_start]PETA[blank_end] – professionally lobby and stage direct action protests
    1. AIncreasingly professional
    2. BNational Union of Students
    3. CIncreasingly powerful
    4. DDon’t seek election
    5. EGreenpeace
    6. FPETA
    7. GWide range of levels and methods

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Politics (UK Democracy and Participation) Quiz on Pressure Groups Quiz, created by Evie Cawte on 03/06/2019.
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