Pressure group- Pluralism and Elitism theory Flashcards
What is pluralism?
Positive functions/ features of pressure groups
Points for pluralism?
-Promote discussion about debate and mobalises public opinion on key issues
-Prefirm a role in education citizens about specific issues
-Groups can enhance democratic participation
-Groups raise and articulate issues that political party perhaps won’t want to touch due to sensitivity
- Probide important access point for those seeking redress if greivenves
-Represents minority’s who can’t represent themselves
- Groups can be important and valuable source of specialists information and helps to support parliament and the civil service
-Many groups play an important role in implementing and changes to public policy’s
-Act as checks and balances to the power of the executive government- U turns on unpopular laws and decisions
Pluralism case study points
-Promote discussion about debate and mobalises public opinion on key issues
EU groups
Scotland
Pluralism case study’s-
-Preform a role in education citizens about specific issues
Snowdrop, free school meals, fathers4justice, BLM
Pluralism for case study’s-
-Groups can enhance democratic participation
F4J
Anti poll tax
Scot independence
Pluralism for case study’s-
-Groups raise and articulate issues that political party perhaps won’t want to touch due to sensitivity
Stephen lawrence
Snow drop
Stone wall
Pluralism case study’s?
- Provide important access point for those seeking redress if greivenves
Gurkha, stephen lawrence and F4J
Pluralism case study-
-Represents minority’s who can’t represent themselves
Extinction rebellion
Stephen Lawrence
ALF
Child poverty
Justice alliance Uk for asylum seekers
Pluralism case study’s-
- Groups can be important and valuable source of specialists information and helps to support parliament and the civil service
ALRA (abortion law reform act)
Green peace
Trade union
BMA
Think tanks
Stone wall
Pluralism case study’s-
-Many groups play an important role in implementing and changes to public policy’s
All the law changers
Pluralism case study’s-
-Act as checks and balances to the power of the executive government- U turns on unpopular laws and decisions
Anti poll tax
free serve
What is elitism?
Negative functions/ feature of pressure groups
Elitism points?
-They are a sectional intrest
-The better recorded organisation sections of the community are at an advantage
-Too much goes on in secret with lobbying behind closed doors
-Groups are often orlgarchic in tendency’s, their leadership being unrepresentative if the views of their memberships
-Can use threatening violent illegal methods
-Slow down decision making processes and acts as a barrier to social progress/damaging the economy and cost of policy
-Unintentional unplanned outcomes of pressure group campaigned
-Cause divisions in society and damages to own cause
-Heard mentality
-Celebrity endorsement
Elitism case study’s-
They are a sectional intrest
Extinction rebellion
CBI ERT and trade unions
Elitism case study’s
-The better recorded organisation sections of the community are at an advantage
ERT CBI
