Ch 5 Terms Flashcards
The ABILITY of an INTEREST GROUP to contact POLICY MAKERS in an attempt to ENLIST THEIR HELP.
access
Access is crucial, for without it an interest group’s information is largely useless.
GROUPS whose MAIN PURPOSE IS to bring ECONOMIC BENEFIT to THEIR MEMBERS.
economic interest groups
PROFESSIONAL OUTSIDE LOBBYISTS EMPLOYED by an INTEREST GROUP to REPRESENT ITS INTERESTS on a PARTICULAR ISSUE. The relationship lasts UNTIL THE ISSUE IS SETTLED.
hired guns
COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS who SHARE a COMMON SET OF IDEAS OR PRINCIPLES and who ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE ideas or principles by INFLUENCING PUBLIC-POLICY MAKERS.
interest groups
VARIOUS ACTIONS BY AN INTEREST GROUP aimed at PROTECTING ITS GAINS and PROMOTING ITS GOALS between sessions of the legislature.
interim oversight
The process of working to influence the actions of government through interaction with the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
lobbying
PEOPLE who WORK ON BEHALF OF AN INTEREST GROUP and who SERVE AS A POINT OF CONTACT between THE GROUP AND POLICY MAKERS.
lobbyists
The act of enlisting the rank-and-file members of an interest group in attempting to sway policy makers; often includes massive letter-writing and email efforts and may also include marches and demonstrations.
membership mobilization
a VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUALS who BAND TOGETHER for the PURPOSE OF RAISING AND DISTRIBUTING MONEY FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
political action committee (PAC)
GROUPS that LOBBY FOR ISSUES that DO NOT bring DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT to their MEMBERS.
Public interest groups
INTEREST GROUPS, such as MADD, that DEVOTE THEIR ENERGIES to PURSUING A SINGLE, NARROWLY DEFINED POLICY GOAL.
single-issue groups
access
The ABILITY of an INTEREST GROUP to contact POLICY MAKERS in an attempt to ENLIST THEIR HELP.
Access is crucial, for without it an interest group’s information is largely useless.
economic interest groups
GROUPS whose MAIN PURPOSE IS to bring ECONOMIC BENEFIT to THEIR MEMBERS.
hired guns
PROFESSIONAL OUTSIDE LOBBYISTS EMPLOYED by an INTEREST GROUP to REPRESENT ITS INTERESTS on a PARTICULAR ISSUE. The relationship lasts UNTIL THE ISSUE IS SETTLED.
interest groups
COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS who SHARE a COMMON SET OF IDEAS OR PRINCIPLES and who ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE ideas or principles by INFLUENCING PUBLIC-POLICY MAKERS.
