POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: National Citizens Coalition, Greenpeace, Corporatism
16 Jan 2017
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Civil society: different from the state, through which people organize and bring common people together (outside the state) Interest groups: (cid:498)organizations, which have some authority from government or political parties and try to influence public policy(cid:499) Influence finance taxation, foreign policy: canadian import association. Agriculture: canadian federation of agriculture (2/3 belong to them) Labor: 1/3 8th worker outside of agriculture belongs to a labor union. All employees fall under qb (chapters, universities, teachers, teaching assistance) Professional: groups= canadian bar council, medical association, anything that falls under a profession. Belongs to a religious affiliation: canadian council of churches, canadian jewish, Groups represent their members(cid:495) interest but also must ensure their compliance. Canadian network to abolish nuclear weapons public policy groups. Lobbying (cid:498)any form of direct or indirect communication with government that is designed to influence public policy(cid:499) Everyone has the right for peaceful assembly (subjective)
