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An '''interest group''' (also called '''pressure group''' or '''Advocacy group''') is a group whose members have the same concerns about a political issue, and try to influence the public policy that impact those concerns. In other words, it is an organized group of concerned citizens who advocate policy change. Interest groups often engaging in [[lobbying]] to advance their cause. Interest groups can be [[insider pressure groups]] or [[outsider pressure groups]]. | An '''interest group''' (also called '''pressure group''' or '''Advocacy group''') is a group whose members have the same concerns about a political issue, and try to influence the public policy that impact those concerns. In other words, it is an organized group of concerned citizens who advocate policy change. Interest groups often engaging in [[lobbying]] to advance their cause. Interest groups can be [[insider pressure groups]] or [[outsider pressure groups]]. | ||
| − | The lobbyists of small radical groups which attempt to advance their own interests at expense of common good and public welfare | + | The lobbyists of small radical groups which attempt to advance their own interests at expense of common good and public welfare camouflage themselves as so called "experts."<ref name="Kuby2015">{{cite book |title=The Global Sexual Revolution: Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom |author=Gabriele Kuby |translator=James Patrick Kirchner |publisher=Angelico Press |year=2015 |isbne=978-16213-81556 |pages=87 |quote=page reference is from Slovak translation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-8C1jgEACAAJ }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:19, December 18, 2016
An interest group (also called pressure group or Advocacy group) is a group whose members have the same concerns about a political issue, and try to influence the public policy that impact those concerns. In other words, it is an organized group of concerned citizens who advocate policy change. Interest groups often engaging in lobbying to advance their cause. Interest groups can be insider pressure groups or outsider pressure groups.
The lobbyists of small radical groups which attempt to advance their own interests at expense of common good and public welfare camouflage themselves as so called "experts."[1]
References
- ↑ Gabriele Kuby (2015). The Global Sexual Revolution: Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom. Angelico Press, 87. “page reference is from Slovak translation”