2. Advocacy Website
Advocacy is led by advocates or, when they are organized in groups as is the case most of the time, advocacy groups. Advocacy groups as defined by Young and Everritt (2004, 5) are different from political parties which "seek to influence government policy by governing." They are "any organization that seeks to influence government policy, but not to govern." This definition includes social movements, sometimes network of organizations which are also focused on encouraging social change. Social movements try to either influence governments or, like the environmental movement, to influence people's ideas or actions.
Today, advocacy groups contribute to democracy in many ways (ib., 2004.) They have five key functions:
* Give a voice to (misrepresented) citizen interests
* Mobilize citizens to participate in the democratic process
* Support the development of a culture of democracy
* Assist in the development of better public policy
* Ensure governments' accountability to citizens.
In comparison to other countries and other the last thirty years, an increasing number (40 percent) of the Canadian population is member of an organization which has had an advocacy role and has tried to achieve political change. Such a level of participation is a positive indicator of the health of the democracy in Canada (ib., 2004.)
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