interest groups and social movements

Question 1

what are interest groups?

Answer 1

organizations that defend the interests of a particular group of people

Question 2

what are the two types of interest groups

Answer 2

1. protective

2. promotion

Question 3

protective ig

Answer 3

seeks benefits for its memgers e.g veterans

Question 4

promotion ig

Answer 4

advocates for a general political cause e.g national rifle association and aipac

Question 5

functions of interest groups (5)

Answer 5

1. increase representation and participation
2. public awareness
3. agenda setting
4. monitoring government
5. lobbying

Question 6

what is lobbying

Answer 6

efforts to influence decisions made by bureacurats and officials on behalf of groups

Question 7

4 facts about interest groups

Answer 7

1. all money spend doesn’t guarantee success
2. can also target unelected ppl like judges
3. representative democracies try to regulate it
4. revolving door; people coming from organizations to government

Question 8

difference between interest groups and parties

Answer 8

1. ig’s don’t want to be part of govt

2. they have narrower policy visions

Question 9

trends about interest groups in europe

Answer 9

their number is increasing but their members are decreasing

Question 10

what is corporatism?

Answer 10

institutionalized cooperation between interest groups and the state in the formulation of policies

Question 11

interest groups in corporatism are….

Answer 11

1. integrated in a set of institutional arrangements
2. centralized and concentrated in peak associations
3. willing to compromise

Question 12

why has corporatism weakened in europe?

Answer 12

1. globalization- undermined national level policymaking
2. post industrial society- increasing fragmentation of production into smaller and smaller factories doesn’t favour peak associations
3. ideological repositioning- eastern european countries oppose corporatism bc it’s asocited with the power of trade unions

Question 13

what is pluralism?

Answer 13

a competition between interest groups for influence on public policies in which the state plays a neutral role

Question 14

what is pluralism based on?

Answer 14

competition - not cooperation (doesn’t work on an institutionalized set of negotiations)

Question 15

intererst groups under pluralism are….

Answer 15

1. dispersed accross different institutional arenas
2. fragmented into a number of groups
3. in competition with each other

Question 16

what are policy (issue) networks

Answer 16

a heterogenous group of persons and organizations including interest groups that are a part of a loose but enduring structure

Question 17

how do issue networks differ from pluralism

Answer 17

issue networks dont think the state is neutral

Question 18

how do issue networks differ from corporatism

Answer 18

include ngo’s

Question 19

what is a social movement (3)

Answer 19

1. a dense organizational structure
2. shares a common identity
3. engages in a sustained series of un- institutionalized actions

Question 20

what are examples of social movements

Answer 20

hippies, green peace, mothers of lost children, solidarnosc, pegida ,occupy wallstreet

Question 21

what makes social movements different from interest groups ?

Answer 21

they are less professionally and hierarchically organized

Question 22

some social movements can be very organizational like…

Answer 22

American militias