Types Of Interest Groups / Understanding Interest Groups
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What was the amount increase in number of interest groups from 1959 to 2009
What is 19,000
100
To an elitist, the fact that there are numerous groups proves nothing because...?
What is other groups are UNEQUAL in power.
100
The problem of people not joining because they can benefit from the group's activities without joining.
What is free-rider problem.
100
What does the acronym PAC stand for?
What is political action committees.
100
As a result of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, this interest group was formed.
Who are environmentalists.
200
The main role of interest groups is to ............ for claims in the government
What is Compete
200
According to elitists, awesome power is held by who?
Who are the largest corporations.
200
Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise and often draw membership from people new to politics.
What are single-issue groups.
200
Lobbyists are a source of what?
What are ideas and innovations.
200
The Chamber of Commerce spends how much money a year imposing lobbying force?
What is $100 million a year.
300
The key link between people and the government are
What is Interest groups.
300
According to hyperpluralists, interest group liberalism is promoted by the network of what?
What is subgovernments.
300
The larger the potential group, according to Mancur Olson, the less likely what?
What is potential members are to contribute.
300
The most famous interest group victories in court were those won by civil rights groups when?
When is the 1950s.
300
What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee?
What is equal protection.
400
One key difference between parties and interest groups are that interest groups are what?
What is policy specialists
400
This group believes that interest groups have become too powerful in the political process as government tries to appease every conceivable interest.
What is hyperpluralists.
400
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was an excellent example for what?
What is showing that big interests do not always win.
400
One tactic that lawyers employ to make the views of interest groups heard by the judiciary is the filing of what?
What is amicus curiae.
400
Equality at the polls, in housing, on the job, in education and all other facets of American life has been the dominant goal of which group for the longest time?
What are African American groups.
500
What is one of the major factors behind the explosion in the number of interest groups?
What is the development of sophisticated technology.
500
This group believes that on one group is likely to become too dominant.
What is pluralists.
500
The bigger the group, the more serious the what?
What is free-rider problem.
500
Interest groups often carefully cultivate their ______ ______ and use of ______ ______ to their advantage when they can
What is public image and public opinion.
500
What is the largest and oldest of the African American interest groups?
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)