interest group

 

 

an organized group of citizens that has as one of its goals the ensuring of the state abiding by certain policies

selective incentive

 

 

benefits that an organization offers its members in addition to the central political purposes of the organization

sectoral interest group

 

 

a group representing a section of the economy.  Examples are trade unions, professional associations, corporations, and trade associations

institutional interest group

 

 

a group that is primarily set up for some purpose other than political activity but becomes politically active to defend its interests in the policy decisions decisions of the state

promotional interest group

 

 

the "typical" interest group -- an organized group  of citizens, one of whose primary purposes is to affect the policies of the state

pluralism

 

a system of government and interest groups in which all interests organize and compete freely, with no one group dominating, and in which the government is open to pressure from the groups so that policy is largely the outcome of groups' competing pressures

neocorporatism

 

a system of government and interest groups in which all interests are organized  -- but instead of responding to groups' pressures -- the government actively involves the groups themselves in the job of governing.  The active governmental role distinguishes neocorporatism