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Interest Groups Flashcards

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What are interest groups?

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Factions, people who come together to advocate for a cause which they have common interest in.

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What are the three names for interest groups? What are their connotations?

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Special Interest- negative
Lobbyists- somewhat negative
Advocacy Group- positive

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What are the five different types of interest groups?

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Economic Groups
Single Issue Groups
Public Interest Groups
Foreign Policy
Government (Public Sector)

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What do economic groups do?

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Want more economic power for their kind of work. Pursue what benefits them financially.

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What do single issue groups do?

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High intensity about a specific issue or cause.

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What do Public Interest groups do?

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High intensity about the issues of a particular group (such as minorities). Claim to represent the public’s interest.

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What do foreign policy groups do?

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Promote or oppose foreign policies

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How are public sector interest groups (government) interest groups?

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Advocate for the government itself.

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What are the two incentives for joining an interest group?

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Solidarity- able to be with people who share similar interests.
-Material- benefits of a group

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What is the disincentive for joining interest groups?

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Still are represented without membership.

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What is pluralism?

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Multiple and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.

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What is interest group pluralism? What is the benefit of this?

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Varied/Overlapping nature of interest groups. Limits the concentration of power.

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What is an open shop?

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Labor agreements which union membership cannot be a requirement as condition of employment.

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What is a closed shop?

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Labor agreements which union membership can be a requirement as condition of employment.

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What is a free rider?

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Someone who doesn’t join a group representing their interests yet receives benefits.

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What are professional associations?

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Groups of individuals who share common profession and organized for political purposes related to profession.

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What is a nongovernmental organizations?

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Non-profit group or association operating outside government that advocates and pursues policy objectives.

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What is the technique of political interest groups where they hire people to appeal to Congress?

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Register or hire lobbyists

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What is the technique of political interest groups where they appeal to the media?

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Mass media appeals

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What are the two techniques of political interest groups that relate to the media?

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Raise awareness
Provide Information

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What is the technique of political interest groups where they carry on lawsuits?

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Litigation

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What is the technique of political interest groups where they support a candidate?

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Run issue ads for candidates

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What is the technique of political interest groups where they openly show support to a political party?

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Donate to political party

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What is the technique of political interest groups that has something to do with PAC’s?

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Create PAC’s tied to interest groups

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What is collective action?

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How groups form and organize to pursue goals.

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What is public choice?

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Synonymous with collective action. Studies how government officials politicians and voters respond to positive and negative incentives.

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What is one solution to the free rider problem?

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Pay for benefits of special interest groups through taxes.

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What are the most important characteristics of groups? (5)

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Size
Resources
Cohesiveness
Leadership
Techniques

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What are the three types of people in a mass membership organization?

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Formal leaders with jobs in department (few)
Devoted members (few hundred)
People who sing their names but not totally faithful (thousands)

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What is lobbying?

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Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials.

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What is a federal register?

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An official document published every weekday that lists new and proposed regulations of departments and agencies.

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What is grassroots vs. astroturf?

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Grassroots- support from people
Astroturf- orchestrated or initiated but looks to be grassroots

33
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What is the amicus curiae brief?

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Brief filed by an individual urging Supreme Court to hear case.

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What is bundling?

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Tactic which PAC’s collect money and present them to candidate in a bundle.

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American Medical As., teamsters (shipping), National education as. and businesses are part of what kind of interest group?

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Economic

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NARAL, NRA, and PETA are what type of interest group?

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Single issue groups

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AARP, BLM, NAACP, UnidosUs, and NOW are what type of interest group?

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Public

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What is the iron triangle?

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Three way alliance between Congress, the Federal bureaucracy, and Interest Groups.

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