Pressure Groups
Advocacy groups, also known as special interest groups, use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and ultimately policy. They play an important role in the development of political and social systems. Motives for action may be based on political, religious, moral, or commercial positions. Groups use varied methods to try to achieve their aims, including lobbying, media campaigns, publicity stunts, polls, research, and policy briefings. Some groups are supported or backed by powerful business or political interests and exert considerable influence on the political process, while others have few or no such resources. Some have developed …
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CFPPR: Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research · 11 October 2024 English
Subsequently, it discusses the efficacy of the securitization discourse in terms of the two principal parameters proposed by the Copenhagen School: audience acceptance of the threat narrative contained in the …
leaders, bureaucratic elites, lobbies, and pressure groups” as securitizing agents,48 it theoretically …
IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies · 8 October 2024 English
However, the Green Budget remains the landmark publication of the IFS year, framing public debate on the state of the public finances ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget and Spending Review. …
independent of political parties, companies and pressure groups, allowing us to hold governments of all stripes …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 19 September 2024 English
Efforts to restore biodiversity require a balance between local needs and societal values and the management of conflicts between stakeholders.
degradation 1 2 3 4 5 Supporting environmental pressure groups to combat environmental degradation through …
ECIPE: European Centre for International Political Economy · 17 September 2024 English
In the UK, the aftermath of the Brexit referendum of 2016 has been intense, questions of economic impact and the future of Northern Ireland to the fore amidst tumultuous politics …
afford the normal costs of international trade. Pressure groups want to see the UK match the EU where there …
APO: Asian Productivity Organization · 11 September 2024 English
Third, limited participation in the international division of labor, inadequate external investments, and the absence of trade promotion agencies collectively undermine the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector, leading to declines …
Policies Industrialization Negative Religious pressure groups Political Instability Industrialization Short-sighted …
The New Zealand Initiative · 9 September 2024 English
This report, with a foreword by Oliver Harwich, provides a deep examination of the structure and function of the New Zealand state. It deconstructs the workings of government by reflecting …
and bringing particular sanctions and to pressure groups (the Council of Trade Unions pressures to bear …
EU: European Union · 30 August 2024 English
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is aimed at boosting intra-African trade and promoting regional development. However, the distribution of its benefits and costs across member states and household …
to pressure from powerful stakeholders and pressure groups, which had concerns that the AfCFTA would encourage … to pressure from powerful stakeholders and pressure groups, such as the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria …
EC: European Commission · 30 August 2024 English
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is aimed at boosting intra-African trade and promoting regional development. However, the distribution of its benefits and costs are uneven, and it presents …
to pressure from powerful stakeholders and pressure groups, which had concerns that the AfCFTA would encourage … to pressure from powerful stakeholders and pressure groups, such as the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria …
TERI: Energy and Resources Institute · 20 August 2024 English
This report is an attempt to bring to the notice of researchers, academicians, policy-makers and the lay person the various reasons why the welfare of women in the coal sector …
part in demonstrations and act as responsible pressure groups to ensure that the community’s rights and needs …
Australian Energy Market Operator · 15 August 2024 English
Comm (Economics) Corresponding Author: jamestaylor86@hotmail.com 8 mailto:jamestaylor86@hotmail.com Appendix 2 The Missing Whole-of-System Cost Model in the AEMO 2024 ISP The Real Cost of the NEM Transition A Report by Independent …
to pressure from international and domestic pressure groups. This must stop. AEMO, AER, AEMC and the government …
