Why are some pressure groups more successful than others? A pressure group is an organisation which means to influence decisions made by government for a specific cause. Some pressure groups are successful in their endeavours‚ however many aren’t. The success of a pressure group depends on many factors. A large factor is the method through which pressure groups attempt to get their point heard. A method all pressure groups use is achieving public support‚ to get public support means that a certain
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1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? There are four ways a group of people can be identified are race‚ ethnicity‚ religion and gender. Within these four groups there are five characteristics that they all share that make them fall into a minority group. Those five characteristics are unequal treatment‚ distinguishing physical or cultural traits‚ involuntary membership‚ awareness of subordination‚ and in-group marriage. The racial group is a group of individuals that
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City Road is a busy street in Cardiff. It has a variety of businesses and residents‚ creating dynamics which change according to the time of day. Many of the businesses are shops‚ such as Xquisite Africa which caters to the ethnic residents who have felt in the past that their needs were not met. There are also restaurants and takeaways that thrive at night‚ the majority of customers being local students and young people living in the area. The Making Social Lives DVD shows local resident Lloyd Robson
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Why are some pressure groups more successful than others? A pressure group is a group of people with specific aims and interests. Also known as interest groups‚ lobby groups or protest groups‚ they try to influence political decision makers such as MPs and councillors to influence local or national policy and/or legislation. They seek to do so‚ either to protect interests of members (e.g. Trade Unions‚ NUT) or promote a cause (e.g. Greenpeace or RSPCA). Not all pressure groups are as successful
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Drawing on what you have learned about City Road‚ outline some of the inequalities on a street that you know. The purpose of this assignment is to outline some of the inequalities on a street that I know‚ namely Balham High Road‚ in order to draw comparisons to that on City Road. Balham High Road forms part of the A24 which runs from Clapham to Tooting‚ south west London. It appears a typical high street serving a local population of 21‚000 and provides a variety of retail options‚ banks and numerous
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converse in the favour of motion – “CCE SYSTEM – A BANE OR A BOON?” Everything has a good face and a bad face and same is the case with CCE system but‚ according to my analysis‚ CCE system is filled with advantages. Actually‚ CCE system was launched last year by education minister Mr. Kapil Sibbal to trim down the burden or stress of studies from students and make him perfect in all fields. This system brings up the other merits of a student rather than academics. CCE is the road for improving
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on City Road. ’Making and remaking’ are defined as concepts used in Sociology to describe how a society functions in its present manifestation and changes continually over time. Making refers to how members of a society operate in their daily activities. Remaking points to how society is transposed over the ages as people migrate into the area and others away altering the usage of the existing infrastructure and thus remaking society. (Allen and Blakeley‚ 2014‚ p16) In The microcosm of City road
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Themes and Dialogue of O’Brien in The Things They Carried War has done many horrible things to many people throughout time all over the world. War experience filled with death‚ suspense‚ and constant fear has swept through millions and millions of people who are still scared by the horrific experience. To some so horrific that a normal life‚ post war‚ was almost unbearable. But some were able to take the experience and share it to the world. Tim O’Brien is a perfect example of this. O’Brien was
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Some think that technology connects people while other thinks it divides people. Choose one position and support it with evidence and examples. The modern high technology has brought us more convenience‚ more fun and more entertainment. With the invention of more electric products‚ people do not have to sit in front of the desktop surfing the internet‚ playing computer games or writing to their friends. Whenever and wherever you are‚ you can chat online with others‚ entertain yourself with smartphones
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Material Things Become Important After "The Day" During a nuclear war between Russia and the United States‚ the town of Fort Repose‚ Florida‚ is in the danger zone of radiation poisoning and contaminated items. Randy and the townspeople of Fort Repose must remain calm and ration their supplies. However‚ when the material things run low‚ everything becomes important. People must be creative and composed during this time of chaos. Therefore‚ the importance of material things after "The Day" leads
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