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Power Groups
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effective interest group strongly linked with legislators and bureaucrats for the purpose of influencing decision making
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Interest Group
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organization that seeks to influence government officials and their policies on behalf of members sharing common views and objectives (e.g., labor union or trade association).
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Lobbying
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Communicating with legislators or other government officials on behalf of an interest group for the purpose of influencing decision makers.
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Umbrella organizations
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Provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations.
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Passive majority
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Primarily people from professional and managerial occupations.
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“Right to Work” laws
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Agreements between labor unions and employers, that govern the extent to which an established union can require employees' membership, payment of union dues, or fees as a condition of employment, either before or after hiring.
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Action Alerts
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if your member and give email address they send you them, don’t even have to be a member. Says to call senator and vote for/against it. It is an email saying something is about to happen that you’re interested in and to take action
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Revolving door policies
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Somebody serves in legislator and chooses not to run again, but their next job is lobbying.
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Active minority
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One that is aware of the level of support for his/her position, expresses his/her position openly, and whose outcomes may depend on others’ agreement/disagreement.
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Right of association
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that this right is part of the right of assembly guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that it protects the right of people to organize into groups for political purposes.
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