INTEREST GROUPS

Interest Groups

Interest Groups

Definition

Interest groups are also called pressure groups or lobbies. The term has a degree of overlap with pressure groups and voluntary organizations, although it is frequently restricted to groups which have organized to promote, advance or defend some common interest—most often of an occupational kind.

Role Of Interest Groups In A Democracy

A variety of tactics may be used to pursue the aims of the group. Thus trade unionists may threaten to withdraw their labour and to strike, while professional groups typically try to advance their cause by more indirect methods, such as contact with government bureaucrats, ...