A11 Interest Groups

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Insider Strategy

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lobbyists working closely with a few key members of congress, meeting them privatrely to exchange information and sometimes favors

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Outsider strategy

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plan increasingly used by lobbyists with advent of modern technology and employing grassroots lobbying

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Ratings

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an assessment of a representatives voting record on issues important to an interest group

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Revolving-Door Influence

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the practice of lobbying officials with such promises as employment after their government service

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Political incentive

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a valued benefit obtained by joining a political organization on behalf of an interest group

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issue public

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the part of the public that is directly affected by or deeply concerned with a governmental policy

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political cues

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a signal to a member of congress that identifies which values are at stake in a vote

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direct mail

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the solicitation of funding through letter campaigns

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dirty dozen

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a list complied by an enviornmental interest group, of those legislators who voted most frequently against its measures

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grassroots support

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backing for a public policy that arises or is created in public opinion

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a corporate lobbyist would be LEAST likely to have an informal discussion about a pending policy matter with which of the following:

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a federal judge in whose court a case important to the corporation is being heard

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Interest groups and political parties both promote United States democracy by

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linking citizens to the political process

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To be effective, purposive membership organizations count on

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keeping issues in the spotlight

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Organizations that attract members by appealing to a coherent set of usually controversial principles are called

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ideological parties

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Nader founded a group called

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Public Citizen

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according to the text, one of the important activities of public interest law firms is to

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bring suits on behalf of persons harmed by some public or private policy

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Which of the following is NOT a liberal public interest law firm

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criminal justice legal foundation

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Which of the following form an iron triangle?

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bureacratic office, congressional committee, interest group

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Which of the following factors best accounts for the rise of interest groups and the decline of political parties in recent years?

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Interest groups are better able to articulate specific policy positions than are political parties

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An interest group would likely have the greatest influence on policy matters involving

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narrow issues, only a few interest groups and technical information

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Members of the AARP are most likely to have joined because of

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Material incentives

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An example of an ideological interest group is

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PETA

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All of the following represent large shifts in the history of interest groups except

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1900-1910 - growth of professional interest groups

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A major decline of union membership in the US was an

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decline in support for unions

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Probably the most effective commodity at the command of interest groups is

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information