pressure groups, lobbyists, think tanks and corporations

Question 1

What are insider pressure groups?

Answer 1

Groups that seek to influence government by having contact with politicians and decision makers. DIRECT

Question 2

Give an example of an insider pressure group

Answer 2

BMA (trade union for doctors in the UK)
-They won the judicial review which overturned regulation that gave the UK secretary of Health & Social care the power to suspend the payment of pensions benefits to a doctor charged with criminal offences, but not yet charged.
-High status and wealth makes them powerful

Question 3

What is an outsider pressure group?

Answer 3

Not closely associated with government and largely excluded from political contact.
Concentrate on mobilising public support to influence government. INDIRECT