1. In what ways do pressure groups and movements exert influence
on politics?
Answers
Pressure groups influence politics in the following ways:
They carry out campaigns, hold protests and rallies in order to gain attention and support of the people. They also try to influence media to give attention to the issues raised by them.
Pressure groups organise protest rallies or disrupt the government programmes.
Professional lobbyists are employed by the business groups in order to influence the decision making body of the government.
Pressure groups and movements play an important role in a democracy. They help in widening democracy. They force the government to recognise and implement laws benefiting wider interests of the society. When a sectional interest group influences the government to make policies in their favour, another group may bring counter pressure on the government to not make laws, the way in which the first group desires. This results in maintaining balance of power and accommodation of conflicting interests of the society.
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