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US pressure groups

Why are some more successful than others?

Edward Ashbee considers how effectively US pressure groups mobilise the resources available to them and use the opportunities that exist for inf luence in the political system, to explain why some pressure groups are more successful than others

In the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December 2012, Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice-president, proposed a programme to place armed guards in schools
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This article is essential reading for A2 students preparing for US politics examinations. It focuses on the following aspects of the specifications:

Unit 3C Pressure groups

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