6. Pressure Groups and Lobbying

People often confuse pressure groups with lobbying but both of them are not one and the same thing. Lobbying takes place when a few members of the pressure groups loiter in the lobbies of legislatures/public offices with a view to securing an opportunity to interact with them and to influence their decision. Lobbyists are representatives of particular interest groups. Lobbying is a communication process used for persuasion, it cannot be treated as an organization. Lobbying is different from pressure groups in a sense that pressure groups are organized groups and lobbying is just one of the functions performed by them.