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Interest Groups, Pressure Groups, Etc

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The distinction between ‘think-tanks,’ research organisations and pressure groups or interest groups is often a tenuous one; what all the organisations listed in this section have in common is that they attempt, or attempted, to have some influence on policy decisions.

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Mortimore, R., Blick, A. (2018). Interest Groups, Pressure Groups, Etc. In: Mortimore, R., Blick, A. (eds) Butler's British Political Facts. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56709-3_11

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