Chapter Seven Flashcards
The practice of using public outreach to build favorable public opinion of an organization.
Climate Control
Outcomes shared by the general public; also called public goods.
Collective Goods
Motivation to join an interest group because the group works for policies that will provide members with material benefits.
Economic Incentive
Working to influence the election of candidates who support the organization’s issues.
Electioneering
A theory that holds that a group of wealthy, educated individuals wields most political power.
Elite Theory
The phenomenon of someone deriving benefit from others’ actions.
Free Rider Theory
An organization that seeks to achieve goals by influencing government decision making.
Interest Group
The interaction of mutual interests among members of Congress, executive agencies, and organized interests during policy making.
Iron Triangle
The fluid web of connections among those concerned about a policy and those who create and administer the policy.
Issue Network
To communicate directly with policymakers on an interest group’s behalf.
Lobby
A theory that holds that policy making is a competition among diverse interest groups that ensure the representation of individual interests.
Pluralist Theory
An entity whose specific goal is to raise and spend money to influence the outcome of elections.
Political Action Committee (PAC)
Labor organizations comprising federal, state, and municipal workers, including police officers and teachers.
Public Employee Unions
Motivation to join an interest group based on the belief in the group’s cause from an ideological or a moral standpoint.
Purposive Incentive
The idea that from an economic perspective it is not rational for people to participate in collective action when they can secure the collective good without participating.
Rational Choice Theory
