Chapter 11

Question 0

In which ways do groups differ?

Answer 0

Skills, money, time, leadership and capacity for action

Question 1

What has allowed for such huge numbers of interest groups?

Answer 1

The many access points created by our federal system

Question 2

What are the four subgroups of economic interest groups?

Answer 2

Business groups, labor groups,agricultural groups, professional groups

Question 3

What advantage does a business group have?

Answer 3

They have the size factor advantage

Question 4

How many workers belong in labor groups?

Answer 4

1/7

Question 5

What are the largest unions of labor groups?

Answer 5

Public Service and public employees

Question 6

What exists between agricultural groups?

Answer 6

Disagreement

Question 7

What are the three subgroups of citizens groups?

Answer 7

Public interest groups, single issue groups, ideological groups

Question 8

What are public interest groups deal with?

Answer 8

They claim to represent broad interests of society

Question 9

What are single issue groups deal with?

Answer 9

Concerned about one policy area only

Question 10

What do ideological groups doing?

Answer 10

Philosophical or moral stance on an issue

Question 11

What is the special category of governments deal with?

Answer 11

Foreign governments use lobbyists in DC

Question 12

What is inside lobbying

Answer 12

Seeking influence their official contacts

Question 13

What is outside Lobbying

Answer 13

Seeking influence through public pressure

Question 14

In the Federalist papers, Madison took the position that the causes of faction can be found in

Answer 14

The nature of man

Question 15

Where political parties are strong, interest groups are likely to be

Answer 15

Week

Question 16

The great aero organization building in America occurred during the years

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1900 to 1920

Question 17

Large labor unions had no reason to exist until the era of

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Mass production industry

Question 18

Professional societies of doctors and lawyers first gained in importance because

Answer 18

State governments gave them the authority to decide qualifications for their professions

Question 19

The great majority of Public interest lobby is were established

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After 1960

Question 20

In the landmark case US versus Harris, the Supreme Court ruled the government can

Answer 20

Require information from groups that try to influence legislation

Question 21

It is often said that America is a nation of

Answer 21

Joiners

Question 22

Americans are less likely than the British to join

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Labor unions

Question 23

Americans have an unusually high rate of membership in

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Religious organizations, civic organizations, and political associations

Question 24

Solitary incentives involve

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A sense of pleasure status or companionship

Question 25

When the Illinois Farm Bureau offers its members discount prices and the chance to purchase low-cost insurance, it is providing

Answer 25

Material incentives

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Purposive incentives involved

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The appeal of a stated goal

Question 27

Ralph Nader rose to national prominence on the issue of

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Auto safety

Question 28

Membership organizations that rely on purpose of incentives tend to be shaped by

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The mood of the times

Question 29

The center for defense information, the children's Defense fund, and the economic policy Institute are examples of

Answer 29

Liberal think tank's

Question 30

The national organization for women and the national abortion-rights action league are examples of organizations that feature

Answer 30

Purposive incentives

Question 31

The major union movement in America occurred in the

Answer 31

1930s

Question 32

The shift in the nation's economic life toward _____ has contributed to the decline in unions

Answer 32

Service delivery

Question 33

Beltway bandit's are

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Large national for-profit firms with trade representatives or lobbyists in Washington

Question 34

About _____ percent of the interest groups represented in Washington DC are public interest groups

Answer 34

Four

Question 35

Although farmers today have difficulty getting Congress to pass bills in their favor, they are still able to

Answer 35

Block bills that they don't like

Question 36

Probably the best measure of an interest groups ability to influence legislatures and bureaucrats is its

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Organizational skill

Question 37

The single most important tactic of an interest group is the ability to

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Provide credible information

Question 38

Interest group ratings can be helpful sources of information but can be problematic because of

Answer 38

Bias in arbitrary measurement and assessment

Question 39

The dirty dozen refers to members of Congress who are one interest group deemed to be

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Anti-environment

Question 40

The passage of the campaign finance reform law in 1973 went to the rapid growth in

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PACs

Question 41

Sen. Kennedy's observation that we may have the finest Congress that money can buy is probably off Mark because

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PACs are so numerous and easy to form

Question 42

Over half of all PACs are sponsored by

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Corporations

Question 43

Scholars have found a slight statistical correlation between PAC contributions and congressional votes when votes involve

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Issues which you do not interest constituents and issues where positions are not driven by ideology

Question 44

The revolving door between government and business raises the possibility of

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Conflict of interest

Question 45

Former executive branch employees may not appear before an agency for ____. After leaving government service on matters that came before the former employees official sphere of responsibility

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Two years

Question 46

Laws which restricts the activity of interest groups are always in potential conflict with

Answer 46

The first amendment

Question 47

What is the definition of an interest group

Answer 47

A group of people that work together to influence public policy

Question 48

The US wine industry is represented in DC by a group that seeks to influence policies regarding wine, what kind of interest group is this?

Answer 48

Institutional

Question 49

What is the course of action followed by most people who are sympathetic to the aims of mass membership interest groups?

Answer 49

They don't join it

Question 50

What type of incentive is a discount on auto rentals?

Answer 50

Materialistic

Question 51

What type of incentive to join does the national organization for women offer?

Answer 51

Purposive

Question 52

When was the Sierra Club founded?

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1890s

Question 53

What percent of American workers are in unions?

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10%

Question 54

What is the major cause of the decline of union membership

Answer 54

Americans are turning against unions. Government needs to put in supports for the unions, or they will lose popularity

Question 55

Field of work is becoming important to the union movement?

Answer 55

Public service employees

Question 56

What are the three important sources of funds for lobbying groups?

Answer 56

Foundation grants, federal grants, direct mailing

Question 57

What are the demographics of most people who join an interest group?

Answer 57

Upper-class, highly educated

Question 58

What is the greatest restraint stopping lobbyists from misrepresenting facts to legislatures

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Lobbyist will lose their trust, therefore money as well

Question 59

What is an earmark?

Answer 59

A provision in the law that provides direct benefit to a client without the benefit of being received by all of Congress

Question 60

What is the Brady bill passed in 1993?

Answer 60

Brady got shot and a gun control Bill got passed

Question 61

Man member of Congress start a PAC?

Answer 61

Yes

Question 62

Explain the revolving door

Answer 62

Revolves from private industry work to government industry work

Question 63

How common is the tactic of disruption or taking it to the streets of interest groups?

Answer 63

Very common throughout history

Question 64

Why did the Sierra Club get its tax exempt status revoked

Answer 64

To politically inclined

Question 65

What are think tanks

Answer 65

Smart people that get together and collect information on issue then submit opinions on the issue. Generally nonprofit

Question 66

How did the rank-and-file union members different opinion on civil rights from their union staff

Answer 66

They're against integration