The Media and Information Literacy · The Legislative Process

Pressure Groups and Lobbying

Investigating how citizens and organizations influence government policy outside of elections.

Key Questions

  1. 1Who should decide how much influence corporate lobbyists have over ministers?
  2. 2What would a just policy look like for regulating the funding of political campaigns?
  3. 3Are direct action and civil disobedience legitimate forms of democratic protest?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: Citizenship - Pressure Groups and Interest GroupsGCSE: Citizenship - Influencing Democracy
Year: Year 10
Subject: Citizenship
Unit: The Media and Information Literacy
Period: The Legislative Process

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