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Pressure or ‘interest’ groups are groups of people who are in association because they have a common interest; and who use whatever power is available as a result of their unity of interest to put pressure on other agencies to have their views adopted.
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© 1985 Gerard O’Donnell
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O’Donnell, G. (1985). Pressure and Interest Groups. In: O’Donnell, G. (eds) Mastering Sociology. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17914-5_25
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