Interest group Flashcards
Actual group
People in the potential group who actually join
Potential group
All the people who might be interested as group numbers because share some common interests
Collective good
Something of value that cannot be withheld from a potential group member
Free rider problem
For a group the problem of people not doing it because they can benefit from the collective good
Which type of group has a higher potential group turned out production or consumer
Production
Examples of production groups
Beer wholesales American Hospital Association AARP
Selective benefits
Good so you can restrict on those who actually join
Interest groups are doing what to help increase their actual group
Offering selected benefits and discounts ect
What are some examples of single issue groups
Abortion gun-control anti- Vietnam wr
Why does money not equal success for interest groups
3
Lobby is very competitive
2 interest groups square off against each other using the resources on each other
3 groups team up that have a common interest so wealthy ally the poor
Four ways groups try to shape policy
Lobbying
electioneering
litigating
apealing to the public
What is lobbying
Communication by someone other than in the gov acting on his own behalf directly to governmental desition maker with the hope of influencing his or her decision
What are the two types of lobbyists
The regular paid employee of the corporation union or Association
ex vice prez
Pay for higher lobbyist usually for small groups of kids that afford to have a full-time one
Lobbying disclosure act
Stoppage criteria for determining whether an organization should rested employees as a lobbyist
According to the lobbying disclosure act what most people file and to who
The secretary of the U.S. Senate how much they paid them lobbyist
Four ways lobbyist help Congress
They are important source of information
they help politicians with political strategy and getting legislation through
they help formulate campaign strategy and get group members behind politicians reelection campaign
source of ideas and innovation
What is electioneering
Direct group involvement in the elect oral process example helping fund campaigns liking members to work for candidates and forming PAC
The 5 top reasons groups give PACS to candidates
1their on committees are important
2 their interest to them support of issues important to them
3 frrom the district or state they had they facilities
4 helping them with executive and regulatory agencies
5 In leadership positions enabled them to influence issues that affect the pac
litigation is
Going to court to get an specific ruling
What are the four types of interest groups
Economic issues
environmental issues
equality interest
consume and public interest
What do economic interest groups strive for
They’re concerned with the wages prices and profits
Which coincides with regulations tax advantages subsides contracts international trade policy
Examples of economic interest groups
Labor unions big banks insurance companies multinational corporation’s National education ministration Teamsters service employees international Union
Union shop
found in some collective-bargaining agreements requiring all employees of business to join a union within a short period of time usually 30 days and Tremain as members as a condition of employment
Right to work laws
outlaw union membership as a condition for employment
Taft-Hartley act of 1947
permitted states to adopt right to work laws
Environmental interest group
Strive to protect the environment and to limit environmental harm
Enviormental interest group examples
Sierra Club the Audubon Society wildlife organizations etc.
equality interest groups purpose
What’s the guarantee equal protection for everyone including equal to get the polls housesitting job education and other facets of American life
Public interest lobby’s
A group that wants to seek a collective good YouTube of which will not be selective leave or materially benefit the membership of activists of the organization
Consumer and other public interest groups examples
Ralph Nader attack the general motors ,consumer product safety commission and religious group cheildren groups and mentally ill groups
labor interest group
has more affiliated members than any other interest group. American unions press for policies to ensure better working conditions and higher wages
Consumer groups are less than _____production organizations
Effective
