Interest Groups

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What are all the reasons why there are so many interest groups in the United States?

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The existence of divergent interests, the relative weakness of political parties, the fragmented nature of our system of government, and the ease with which interest groups can get access to government.

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Broad economic changes can be seen as one factor in the emergence of what?

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large mass-membership unions

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Who can argue for certain companies of products?

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Institutional Interest Groups

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Interest groups which exist primarily for companionship and pleasure, such as PTAs, are knows as what?

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solidary groups

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Organizations which offer some sort of product or service to people as an incentive to join are using what?
Example: Examples of such groups would be the National Association of Science Teachers.

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They are called material incentives

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The National Organization for Women (NOW) and Public Citizen are examples of interest groups which attract new members with what?

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purposive incentives

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What organizations have to keep their issues in the spotlight in order to be effective?

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Purposive membership organizations

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Public-interest lobbies differ from other mass-membership organizations in what?

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that non-members are the principal beneficiaries of their efforts

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what groups are those which sttract people with coherent, often controversial, set of principles?

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Ideological interest

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Publie interest groups tend to have better results when ther is what?

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a hostile administration in power.

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What has the smallest membership of any environmental group?

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The Sierra Club

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What is a feminist organization whose membership incentives are primarily solidary?

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The League of Women Voters

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what attracts members with material incentives?

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The Women's Equity Action League

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What year was the peak year for labor unions in the U.S. Today what is the percent of the non-farm workforce is unionized?

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1945 & 20%

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What are the major sources of funds for interest groups?

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Government grants, foundations grants, and direct mail solicitations

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What are all the reasons why there are so many interest groups in the United States?

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The existence of divergent interests, the relative weakness of political parties, the fragmented nature of our system of government, and the ease with which interest groups can get access to government.

Front 17

Broad economic changes can be seen as one factor in the emergence of what?

Back 17

large mass-membership unions

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Who can argue for certain companies of products?

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Institutional Interest Groups

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Interest groups which exist primarily for companionship and pleasure, such as PTAs, are knows as what?

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solidary groups

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Organizations which offer some sort of product or service to people as an incentive to join are using what?
Example: Examples of such groups would be the National Association of Science Teachers.

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They are called material incentives

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The National Organization for Women (NOW) and Publie Citizen are examples of intere groups which attract new members with what?

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positive incentives

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What have to keep their issues in the spotlight in order to be effective?

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Purposive membership organizations

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Public-interest lobbies differ from other mass-membership organizations in what?

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that non-members are the principal beneficiaries of their efforts

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what groups are those which sttract people with coherent, often controversial, set of principles?

Back 24

Ideological interest

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Publie interest groups tend to have better results when ther is what?

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a hostile administration in power.

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What has the smallest membership of any environmental group?

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The Sierra Club

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What is a feminist organization whose membership incentives are primarily solidary?

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The League of Women Voters

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what attracts members with material incentives?

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The Women's Equity Action League

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What year was the peak year for labor unions in the U.S. Today what is the percent of the non-farm workforce is unionized?

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1945 & 20%

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What are the major sources of funds for interest groups?

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Government grants, foundations grants, and direct mail solicitations

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What percent is for direct-mail solicitations to be successful, they must generate donations from thier mailings?

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2%

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Who are most likely to join interst groups?

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People with better then average incomes

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What is an example of a sector whose lobbying groups are factionalized? What skill of an interst group is the best measure of its influence?

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Agriculture and the organizational skill

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Therefore the single most important tactic of the typical lobbyist is what?

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supplying information to lawmakers

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The power of lobbyists is greast when?

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when the issue involved is fairly narrow

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What it supporting their issues are also tools for lobbyist? What are they?

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Publie opinion polls.editorals.encourage people to communicate with their congressmen

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A rather effective rating system used by Environmental Action, Inc. since 1970 is called what?

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The Dirty Dozen

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Who can and do form Political Action Committees?

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Members fo Congress

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Who are the ones whose numbers increased most during the 1980's?

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Ideological PAC's

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In the 1988 election cycle who contributed the most money to congressinoal campaigns?

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The Realtors Association

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PAC's contribute about ___ of all the campaign funding for the House of Representatives?

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1/3

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what was the average PAC donation to a House candidate that is less than the other candidate's total campaign receipts?

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less than 1%

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What can best affect legislative behavior by doing what?

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Money and ensuring access

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What is the term to government officials leaving their jobs to take positions with companies with whom they had been doing business while still part of the government?

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revolving door

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By law who can give to any one candidate during any election cycle?

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PACs can only give $5,000.00

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governmental policy brought about the launching of the

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Chamber of Commerce