Vocab Test Missing And Interest Group Vocab

Question 1

Amicus cruiae briefs

Answer 1

Legal briefs submitted by a friend of the court for the purpose of raising additional points of view and presenting information not contained in the briefs of the formal parties these briefs attempt to influence the courts decision

Question 2

Bicameral legislature

Answer 2

2 houses or sections of the legislature

Question 3

Class action law suits

Answer 3

Lawsuits permitting a small number of people to sue on behalf of all of their people similarly situated

Question 4

Coalition government

Answer 4

When two or more parties joined together to form a majority of the national legislature this form of government is quite common in the multiparty systems of Europe

Question 5

Coalition lobbying

Answer 5

• coalition building is the alliance of special-interest groups with purpose of achieving same goal
• use direct lobbying and grassroots lobbying
• coalitions are build based on goals that are similar, working together to achieve common goals, and where the benefits of the coalition outweigh the financial costs

Question 6

Collective good

Answer 6

Something of value (money, a tax write off, clean-air) and so on that cannot be withheld from a group member of an interest group

Question 7

Federal regulation of lobbying act

Answer 7

Passed in 1946 and act requiring congressional lobbyists to register and state their policy goals according to the Supreme Court the law applies only to groups whose principal purpose is lobbying

Question 8

Free rider problem

Answer 8

The problem faced by unions and other groups when people do not join because they can benefit from the groups activities without officially joining the bigger the group the more serious the problem

Question 9

Front runner

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The candidate leading the election

Question 10

Grassroots lobbying

Answer 10

is an approach that separates itself from direct lobbying through the act of asking the general public to contact legislators and government officials concerning the issue at hand, as opposed to conveying the message to the legislators directly

Question 11

Horse race coverage

Answer 11

Media coverage of elections like horse races, trivial and interested in who is winning

Question 12

Ideology

Answer 12

Political ideology

Question 13

Incumbent

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Those were already holding office and congressional elections incumbency usually win

Question 14

Influence peddling

Answer 14

the illegal practice of using one’s influence in government or connections with persons in authority to obtain favours or preferential treatment for another, usually in return for payment

Question 15

Interest group liberalism

Answer 15

Refers to governments excessive deference to groups

interest group liberalism holds that virtually all pressure group demands are legitimate and that the job of the government is to advance them all

In an effort to please every interest agencies proliferate, conflicting regulations expand, programs multiply, and budgets skyrocket

Question 16

Interstate commerce

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Commerce between states

Question 17

Intrastate commerce

Answer 17

Commerce in a state

Question 18

Iron triangle

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Entities composed of bureaucratic agencies interest groups and congressional committees or subcommittees which of dominated some areas of domestic policymaking

are characterized by mutual dependency in which each element provides key services information or policy for the others

Question 19

Litigation

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Used when interest groups fail in Congress or get only a vague piece of legislation passed they then step into court and hope of getting specific rulings 
(amicus curiae briefs and class action suits)

Question 20

Lobbying

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According to Lester Milbrath a communication by someone other than us it is an acting on his own behalf directed to a governmental decisionmaker with the hope of influencing his decision

Question 21

Electioneering

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Direct involvement in the elect oral process groups can help fund campaign’s provide testimony and get members to work for candidates and some form political action committees

Question 22

Media consultant

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Campaign professionals who provide candidates (interest groups) with advice and services on media relations, advertising strategy, and opinion polling.

Question 23

Muckraker

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journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society usually with little regard for truth

Question 24

Multi party system

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System of multiple parties used in Europe

Question 25

Party era

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Historical periods in which a majority of voters clean to the party in power which tends to win a majority of elections

Question 26

Pledged delegates

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Delegates that have pledged to vote for certain candidate in advance of the national party convention

Question 27

Political advertising

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advertising that attempts to influence or comment upon a matter which is currently the subject of extensive political debat

Question 28

Popular sovereignty

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principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives, who are the source of all political power.

Question 29

Potential group

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All the people who might be interest group members because they share some common interest a potential group is almost always larger than an actual group

Question 30

Press secretary

Answer 30

A spokesperson for the United States government especially in regards to the president and senior executives

Question 31

Public interest lobbies

Answer 31

An interest group whose principal purpose is to benefit nonmembers

Question 32

Ratification

Answer 32

The step after proposal where the state governments accepts and finalize a amendments to the Constitution

Question 33

Revolving door

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Employment cycle in which individuals who work for government agencies regulating interests eventually end up working for interest groups or business with the same policy concern.

Question 34

Right to work laws

Answer 34

a state law forbidding requirements that workers must join a union to hold their jobs. State laws were specifically permitted by the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.

Question 35

Selective benefits

Answer 35

Goods such as information publications travel discounts in group insurance rates that interest group can restrict to only those who pay their yearly dues

Question 36

Unicameral legislature

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Legislature with only one section part or house

Question 37

Two-party system

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The political party system in the United States where there are only two major political parties that compete for positions in government

Question 38

Unpledged delegates

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Delegates at national party convention’s who are not pledged or promised to vote for any particular candidate they are given more freedom and power to choose which one they want

superdelegates are unpledged

Question 39

Actual group

Answer 39

The parts of a potential group consisting of members who actually joined the interest group