Ginger group
A ginger group is a formal or informal group within, for example, a political party seeking to influence the direction and activity of the organisation as a whole. Ginger groups work to alter the party's policies, practices or office-holders, while still supporting its general goals.[1]
The term derives from gingering a horse to make it seem more lively,[2] or "gingering up" a food or beverage to add flavour or spice.[3]
Ginger groups sometimes form within the political parties of Commonwealth countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Pakistan.[4]
See also
- Entryism, a more militant tactic not always supporting general goals
- Ginger Group (Canada), a radical group of left-wing Canadian MPs in the 1920s and early 1930s.
- Ginger Group (Queensland)
- Kitchen Cabinet, a term used by political opponents of President of the United States Andrew Jackson to describe his ginger group
- League of Empire Loyalists, a 1950s UK ginger group
- Pressure group, an outside, as opposed to inside, group formed to influence the direction and activity of an organisation
References
- ↑ Schur, Norman W. (2013). British English A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-62087-577-3.
- ↑ See: "A member of the Zoological Society of London", ed. (1828). The Farrier and naturalist vol.I. Simpkin and Marshall. p. 89. and Shiers, Jessie (2009). Grooming Horses: A Complete Illustrated Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: Knack (Morris Book Publishing). p. 209. ISBN 978-1-59921-390-3.
- ↑ Mansour, Muhammad S.; et al. (2012). "Ginger consumption enhances the thermic effect of food and promotes feelings of satiety without affecting metabolic and hormonal parameters in overweight men: a pilot study". Metabolism. 61 (10): 1347–1352. PMC 3408800
. doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2012.03.016. - ↑ Lok Sabha Secretariat (1975). Glossary of Idioms, English-Hindi: Containing Idioms, Phrases, and Proverbial Sayings Under Letters A to Z. New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 98. OCLC 2540350.
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