Vocabulary
Groups that raise money from individuals and then distribute it in the form of contributions to candidates that the group supports
What is Political Action Committees (PACs)
This type seeks some sort of economic advantage for their members, are the most common type of interest group.
What is an economic interest group
True or false: Interest groups can give unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns.
False
Interest group system is biased toward the _____?
what is wealthy
Lobbying works best with those already on the ______
same side
Subgovernments are composed of interest group leaders interested in a particular policy, the government agency in charge of administering that policy, and the members of congressional committees and subcommittees handling that policy; they expect a great deal of control over specific policy areas.
What is Iron Triangles
These groups tend to be very strongly driven, composed of members who are passionately committed to the particular cause.
What is single-issue interest groups
During a primary election a PAC can donate up to how much money?
$5,000
Name 3 things that make an interest group successful
size of group, intensity, financial resources
Friend of the court is also known as?
What is Amicus Curiae
An organization of people with shared policy goals entering the policy process at several points to try to achieve these goals. Interest groups pursue these goals in many arenas.
What is Interest Groups
These groups claim to work for the good of the whole society, not just one part of it.
What is public interest groups
Describe Selective Benefits
Goods that a group can restrict to those who actually join
When a groups shows that it cares about an issue deeply why are politicians are more likely to listen?
Because many votes may be won or lost on it
business, labor, and farmers are included in what?
what is Economic Interest
A theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government, seeking to please them all, is thereby weakened.
What is Hyperpluralism
Groups represent unions, which work to increase wages and improve working conditions for both skilled and unskilled workers.
What is labor interest groups
a state law forbidding requirements that workers must join a union to hold their jobs. State right-to-work laws were specifically permitted by the Taft-Hartley Act of 1974
What is Right to work laws
Goods that a group can restrict to those who actually join.
What is Selective Benefits
What PACs have increased more dramatically than any other category of PACs over the past several decades.
What is Business PACs
Define Union Ship
A provision found in some collective bargaining to join the union within a short period usually 30 days and to remain members as a condition of employment
PACs were formed to allow unions and corporations to
Funnel unlimited amounts of money to candidates of their choice
Define the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
Established criteria for determining whether an organization or firm should register its employees as lobbyists. Those who fit the criteria must register with the secretary of the U.S. Senate and file a report regarding each of their clients, indicating how much they were paid by them for lobbying services.
Define Free-rider problem
For a group, the problem of people not joining because they can benefit from the group’s activities without joining.
In addition to consumer groups, what interest group have groups seeking to protect those who cannot speak for themselves, for example children, and the mentally ill.
What is public interest groups