Effectiveness of Interest Groups

1) What does control over investment mean?

Control over investment is the power that businesses obtain in the sense that they create jobs for people. Governments are constrained from initiating policies that undermine the business climate because their main concern is re-election which is very dependent on the healthiness of the economy.

2) Are interest groups too broad? Effectiveness of aboriginal groups in comparison to trade associations?

Yes, I think you are right about interest groups being too broad of a category to research as a whole. I have added changes above to the research and survey questions; let me know what you think. Regarding the effectiveness of aboriginal groups in comparison to the others, it is important to acknowledge that aboriginals obtain jurisdictional resources which allow them to veto certain projects with regards to the impacts it may have on their land and the lifestyle they want to maintain.

3) Public Opinion:

The amount of votes a group can sway is a result of their effectiveness as a group. All groups are aiming to have public opinion in their favour due to the fact that governments often use public opinion as a measure to consider when formulating policies.