Component 1: UK Politics: Democracy and Participation
Support Booklet for Advanced Information
Aims: Using this booklet, along with your PLCs and notes, you can review, deepen and
challenge your understanding of the key concepts and issues covered. The specification is
broken down in accordance with the Advanced Information with tasks for you to complete
in each section.
What is included in Component 1?
,Pressure Groups: What do I need to know?
1. The types of Pressure Group
2. How pressure Groups exert influence
3. The successes / failures of Pressure Groups
Step 1: Review your folder for Component 1 and check that you have all of the relevant notes on the above
sections. Define each of the key terms (insider, outsider, NSM)
Step 2: Pressure Groups
You should already have a list of insider, outsider and NSM groups that you can use in a range of questions.
For each group you should consider:
What they wanted
Why this was part of their campaign
How they went about achieving their goals
What was their relationship with Government
Did / Have they achieved their goals
What impact / challenge / positives has this had on UK democracy and Human Rights
Use the following page to summarise your notes on a minimum of three PGs
, Question PG 1 PG 2 PG 3
What they wanted
Why this was part of their
campaign
How they went about
achieving their goals
What was their
relationship with
Government
Did / Have they achieved
their goals
What impact / challenge /
positives has this had on
UK democracy and Human
Rights
Use the following page to
summarise your notes on
a minimum of three PGs
Step 3: The following articles contain challenges, questions and reflections on Pressure Groups. Read
through each article and complete the tasks included:
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