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Under what conditions can interest group activity become a threat to democratic accountability?
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Under what conditions can interest group activity become a threat to democratic accountability? To answer this question we must first understand what a pressure group is and what one does. Following this we will examine the activities of pressure groups as they attempt to influence the policymaking process in five different areas: - public opinion, civil servants, ministers, Parliament and political parties. Whilst examining this we will also be considering the implications this has for notions of democratic accountability. In What is Politics, Bernard and Tom Crick define politics as "the study of conflicts of interests and values that affect all society and how they can be conciliated" . This defines politics as the ideal of conflict resolution within and between societies. Its sets an ideal that fair and just forms of compromise are more desirable than resorting to force, and sets an ideal for political systems to...
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