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| What is an interest group? |
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Definition
| A formal organization that unites to possibly change governments policy. |
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| What did James Madison foresee? |
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Definition
| He foresaw interest groups rising up and engaging in misconduct ("factions"). |
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| Why do people join interest groups? |
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Definition
Race
Gender
Ethnicity
Age
Occupation
Sexual orientation |
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| What are the two different types of interest groups? What is a policy entrepeneur? |
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Definition
Actual group - formed interest groups
Potential group - could form with right circumstance. Policy entrepeneurs invest in these |
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| How do social movements and interest groups differ? |
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Definition
| Interest groups have formed with a HQ, paid employees, etc. Social movements have not. |
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| Why has the number of groups increased? |
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Definition
| The more things that the people can be for or against, the more groups that can form. Plus, education is becoming more advanced. |
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| What does an interest group do? |
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Definition
| In addition to uniting people to push public policy, they provide info to lawmakers. They also pressure lawmakers, too. They don't elect their leaders to office, though. |
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| What are the 7 specific kinds of interest groups? |
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Definition
Economic
Public
Government
Ideological
Religious
Civil-Rights
Single Issue |
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| What is group maintenance? What are free riders? |
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Group maintenence enrolls new members.
Free riders are members of an interest group who contributed nothing and got benefits. |
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Term
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| Lobbying is a formal attempt to influence legislation by giving information, using coursts, using PACs. |
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| How have lobbyists been moderated? |
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1938 - Foreign Agents Registration Act
1946 - Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act
1954 - U.S. v. Harris negated much of the 1946 act
1970s - More laws requiring lobbyist registration and disclosure |
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Term
| What is an iron triangle? |
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Definition
| Informal relationshipp between legislators, bureaucracy, and interst groups with a common interest in the policies created by those committees and agencies |
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