An interest group (also called an advocacy group, lobbying group, pressure group, special interest, or less commonly specials interest) is a group, however loosely or tightly organized, doing advocacy: those determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected.

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A pressure group can be described as an organized group that does not put up individuals for election, but seeks to influence government policy or legislation. They can also be described as ‘interest groups’, ‘lobby groups’ or ‘protest groups’. Some people avoid using the term ‘pressure group’ as it can inadvertently be interpreted as meaning the groups use actual pressure to achieve their aims, which does not necessarily happen. In Britain, the number of political parties is very small, whereas the number of pressure groups runs into thousands; as the membership of political parties has fallen, that of pressure groups has increased.

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New blog post - special interest to any art fans http://bit.ly/NvGVK
theNEONhub (Ed's: Krista & David) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:01:49 -0000
New blog post - special interest to any art fans http://bit.ly/NvGVK
@alfreddier Die Daten gibt's für Österreich auch (z.B. Special-Interest-Magazine: http://bit.ly/4dYy1b), aber nicht so schön aufbereitet.
diofranschitz (Dio Franschitz) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:08 -0000
@alfreddier Die Daten gibt's für Österreich auch (z.B. Special-Interest-Magazine: http://bit.ly/4dYy1b), aber nicht so schön aufbereitet.
RT @SpecialEdLawCA: RT @innovativelrng: New High-Interest/Low-Level Reading & Math Program 4 Students w/ Special Needs http://bit.ly/3OwGFz
WOSEP (WOSEP) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:58:43 -0000
RT @SpecialEdLawCA: RT @innovativelrng: New High-Interest/Low-Level Reading & Math Program 4 Students w/ Special Needs http://bit.ly/3OwGFz
@pano The monitor thing sucks, but why did you feel your woes had special interest to the linux group?
bakeri666 (iain baker) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:48:21 -0000
@pano The monitor thing sucks, but why did you feel your woes had special interest to the linux group?
Protests only go so far. WE need to elect the right people instead of special interest D or R puppets. IPoD nominations are open... 945-2646
ipodosc (Wolf von Baumgart) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:35:25 -0000
Protests only go so far. WE need to elect the right people instead of special interest D or R puppets. IPoD nominations are open... 945-2646
Canadian Cookbook Awards RT @ Gremolata The Gold for English Special Interest is Beyond the Great Wall by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid!
RandomHouseCA (Random House Canada) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:15 -0000
Canadian Cookbook Awards RT @ Gremolata The Gold for English Special Interest is Beyond the Great Wall by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid!

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