Pressure Groups and Science: Shaping Policy

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Pressure Groups and Science: Shaping Policy

Pressure group can be defined as a group that seeks to influence legislations of policies of a government. The group has several names among them is interest groups and lobby groups. These groups do not have power to make decisions neither do they look for the power of a political office but what they tend to put pressure on the decision makers in the government. They can influence policies by informing the lawmakers the group preferences, it can also fund election campaign, deciding to vote as a bloc and finally influence members of the executive hence it is a force to reckon with (Watts 2007).

The relationship between science and pressure groups…