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Interest groups are
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private organizations that try to shape public policy.
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Interest groups are also sometimes called
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both lobbies and pressure groups.
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Pluralists tend to see interest groups as
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important tools of political representation.
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Which statement is TRUE?
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The number of interest groups has increased dramatically since the 1960s.
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A public interest group is
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a citizens' group organized around a cause or idea.
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The First Amendment guarantees
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the right of citizens to assemble into interest groups.
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Unlike unitary states such as France and Great Britain, the __________ in the United States means that there is no dominant center of decision making.
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rules of the political game
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According to some political scientists who focus on individual incentives to join groups,
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people will not join groups unless they are provided with a selective benefit.
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Interest groups
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come in a variety of organizational forms.
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In terms of the interests represented, E. E. Schattschneider has distinguished between
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public and private.
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Private interests
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are associated with benefits for some fraction of the community.
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Doctors, lawyers, and dentists are MOST likely to belong to
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professional groups.
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People active in public interest groups tend to be motivated by
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ideological concerns.
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Public interest groups generally
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attract people who believe in some cause.
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The "inside game" of interest groups activity involves
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the direct interaction of the interest group representative and government officials.
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Many successful lobbyists today
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are former government officials.
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In lobbying Congress, interest groups spend most of their time trying to cultivate relationships with
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congressional members and their staff.
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When an interest group files an amicus curiae brief, the group
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files an argument in support of one side or the other.
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The most economically well-off interest groups are
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business corporations and the professions.
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iron triangles
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An enduring alliance of common interest among an interest group, a congressional committee, and a bureaucratic agency is often called
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