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Anomic interest group |
ad hoc interest group that do not have standard organized composition; formed to deal with short term issues |
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Associational interest group |
Interest group closely related to particular political objectives |
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Corporatism |
Approach to governance that entails close cooperation & coordination among government, business, & labour in hopes to the activity with bring stablility to politcal economy |
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Editorial line |
Particular perspective on world events offered by news outlets |
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Fourth estate |
Media. Others are clergy, nobles, & commoners |
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Interest groups |
Groups in political system that seek to alter or maintain approach of government without taking a formal role in elections or seeking an official capacity in government |
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Lobbying |
method that business/interest groups use to diect pressure to executive, legislative, and bureaucratic branches of government |
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Non-associational interest groups |
interest groups not closely related to ot connected with particular political objectives |
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Opinion poll |
Investigation of public opinion conducted by interviewing a sample of citizenry |
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Policy community |
collection of actors who have a direct or inderect interest in an issue |
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Political action committies (PACs) |
conglomerations of several interest groups with purpose of influencing decision making process more effectively |
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Pressure group |
Group in political system that seek to alter or matin the approach of government without taking a formal role in elections or seeking an official in government |
