tactical

Examples of tactical in the following topics:

• Indirect Techniques

  • Rather, they choose to influence candidates and public officials using indirect tactics of advocacy.
  • The main two tactics used in indirect advocacy are contacting the press (by either a press conference or press release), and mobilizing the mass membership to create a movement.
  • These tactics are used after the lobbying group gains the public's trust and support through public speaking, passing out flyers, and even campaigning through mass media.

• Why Politics Matters

  • It consists of "social relations involving authority or power" as well as the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.
  • These individuals and groups use a variety of tactics and tools to advance their aims.
  • The tactics include advocating their positions publicly, attempting to educate supporters and opponents, and mobilizing allies on a particular issue.

• The Bureaucracy

  • Intelligence-gathering, a core function of the agency, is performed by non-military commissioned civilian intelligence agents, many of whom are trained to avoid tactical situations.
  • The CIA also oversees and sometimes engages in tactical and covert activities at the request of the U.S.
  • Often, when such field operations are organized, the U.S. military or other warfare tacticians carry these tactical operations out on behalf of the agency while the CIA oversees them.

• News Coverage

  • Instead, the media has focused primarily on campaign tactics and strategy, according to a report conducted jointly by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, part of the Pew Research Center, and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
  • The rest of the stories focused more on tactics and strategy.

• Mobilizing Public Opinion

  • As an indirect tactic, lobbyists often try to manipulate public opinion which, in turn, can sometimes exert pressure on congresspersons, who must frequently appeal to that public during electoral campaigns.
  • According to analyst Ken Kollman, it is easier to sway public opinion than a congressional staff member, because it is possible to bombard the public with "half-truths, distortion, scare tactics, and misinformation. " Kollman suggests there should be two goals in these types of efforts.

• Terrorism

  • Islamic terrorist organizations have been known to engage in tactics including suicide attacks, hijackings, kidnappings, and recruiting new members through the Internet.

• Direct Lobbying

  • Senate and House of Representatives are subject to direct lobbying tactics by lobbyists.

• Interest Groups

  • In order to build and maintain their influence, they use tactics, such as framing the issue and shaping the terms of debate; offering information and analysis to elected representatives (who may not have the time to research the issue himself or herself); and monitoring the policy process and reacting to it through disseminating supplementary information, letter-writing campaigns, calling for additional hearings or legislation, and supporting or opposing candidates during elections.

• Litigating for Equality After World War II

  • This was achieved through a diversity of tactics including ongoing litigation.

• Size and Resources

  • They may not be politically active, or else they may use indirect tactics such as media campaigns, research, and public opinion polls in order to advance their cause.
  • Ultimately, the goal of this tactic is to pressure legislators into acting a certain way in response to a perceived public mandate.