Pressure Group Techniques
- Electioneering: In this method, they place representatives favoring their issues in prominent public offices.
- Lobbying: This method employs convincing public officers to adopt and implement policies that will benefit their Interests.
- Propagandizing: This involves influencing public opinion in their favour and pressurising the government to accept their interests, as, in a democracy, public opinion is regarded as the sovereign.
- Resorting to legal actions by making appeals to the judiciary.
- Campaigning in favour of a particular candidate or opposing any candidate.
- Organising protests: The interest groups also organise protests, rallies, campaigns that indirectly exercise pressure on the government and oblige them to consider the demands of the people.
- Demonstrating generally occurs outside government offices, Parliament House, Jantar-Mantar, etc. or marching on the streets.
- Mass media: In recent years, pressure groups have also taken the help of mass media to present their case before the people and gather public opinion in their favour as public opinion is always an asset in a democracy.
Pressure Groups – Types, Roles, and Functions
Learn about Pressure Groups, including their Types of Pressure Groups, Roles of Pressure Groups, and Functions of Pressure Groups, to understand their impact on society and politics.
Pressure Groups is defined by David Truman as “that on the basis of one or more shared attitudes, makes certain claims upon other groups in the society for the establishment, maintenance, enhancement of forms of behavior that are implied by shared attitude.” Pressure groups and movements are the very essence of modern democracy; they are capable of influencing government decisions through their powerful representation. They can range from very small groups to a nexus of a million people. The pressure groups are not political by nature and they do not contest for political power. Individuals with shared interests come together to change the government’s outlook and alter government decisions.
Table of Content
- Pressure Group Definition
- Types of Pressure Groups
- History of Pressure Groups
- Roles of Pressure Groups
- Functions of Pressure Groups
- Pressure Group Techniques
- Importance of Pressure Groups
- Pressure Group Representation
- Citizen Participation in Pressure Groups
- Public Education by Pressure Groups
- Agenda Building by Pressure Groups
- Programme Monitoring by Pressure Groups
- Political Participation of Pressure Groups
- Policy Formation and Implementation
- Trade Unions as Pressure Groups
- Environmental Groups as Pressure Groups
- Grassroots Organizations
- Human Rights Pressure Groups
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