Chapter 8 - Interest Groups

Question 1

Collective goods

Answer 1

benefits, sought by groups, that are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers

Question 2

free riders

Answer 2

those who enjoy the benefits ofcollective goods but did not participate in aquiring them

Question 3

grassroots mobilization

Answer 3

a lobbying campaign in which a group mobilizes its membership to contact govenrment officials in support of the group’s position

Question 4

informational benefits

Answer 4

special newsletters, periodicals, training programs, conferences and other information provided to members of groups to entice others to join

Question 5

institutional advertising

Question 6

interest group

Answer 6

a voluntary emmbership association organized to pursue a common interest or interests, through political participation, toward the ultimate goal of getting favorable public policy decisions from govenrment

Question 7

lobbying

Answer 7

a strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation or other public policy by exerting direct pressue on members of the legilature or others in government

Question 8

material benefits

Question 9

Political Action Committee

Answer 9

a private group that raises and dsitributes funds for use in eleciton campaigns

Question 10

super pac

Answer 10

can spend unlimited amounts towards a campaign