AP Gov Interest groups vocal

Question 1

Interest groups

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Voluntary associations of people who came together with the goal of getting the policies they favor enacted

Question 2

Theory of participatory democracy

Answer 2

model of governance that emphasis the broad involvement of citizens in decision-making processes that affect their lives

Question 3

Pluralist theory

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a theory of political party is distributed amount of economic + political power

Question 4

Civil Society

Answer 4

the formal and informal organizations that are not part of the state apparatus in public

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Elitist theory

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a theory that the wealthy elite class has a disporportante amount of economic + political power

Question 6

Policy agenda

Answer 6

the set of issues to which government officials, voters, and the public are paying attention

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Collective good (public good)

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a public benefit that individuals can enjoy or profit from even if they do not help achieve it

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Collective action

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political action that occurs when individuals contribute their energy, time, or money to a larger group goal

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Free riders

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individuals who enjoy collective goods + benefit from the actions of an interest good without joining

Question 10

Selective benefits

Answer 10

benefit available only to those who join the group

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Economic interest groups

Answer 11

a group advocating on behalf of the financial interests of members

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Public interest groups

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group that acts on behalf of the collective interests of broad group of individuals.

Question 13

Lobbying

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interacting with the government officials in order to advance a groups policy agenda

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single issues groups

Answer 13

association focusing on one specfic area of public policy, often a moral issues about which they are unwilling to compromise

Question 14

Government interest groups

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organization acting on behalf of local, state, or foreign government

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Revolving door

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the movement of individuals between governance and lobbying positions

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Iron triangle

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coordinated + mutally beneficial activities of the bureaucracy, congress and interest groups to achieve shared policy goals

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Amicus curiae brief

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a brief filed by someone who is not a party to a case in an attempt to persuade the court to agree with the arguments set fourth in the brief

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Issue network

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webs of influence between interest groups, policy makers, and policy advocates

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Grassroots lobbylist

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lobbying directly to and with the people

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Lobbyist

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A person attempting to influence policy on behalf of a lobby

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Electioneering

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to take part in actinides of Ana election campaign important to interest groups to get their issues across

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Protest

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a public demonstration to call attention to the need for change

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Civil deobedience

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the interracial refusal to obey a law to call attention to it’s injustice

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Social movement

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large groups of citizens organizing for political change