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The right of the interest groups to organize is |
Protected by the Bill of Rights |
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The term interest group can be generally defined as: |
An organization of people with similar policy goals entering the political process to try to achieve those aims. |
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One of the main differences between american political parties and interest groups is that: |
Political parties run candidates for office |
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In Europe, interest groups |
Often form political parties |
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The idea that just a few groups have all the power is associated with : |
Elite Theory |
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The most successful tactic that civil rights and environmental groups have used to influence policy is: |
Litigation |
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Interest group liberalism holds that: |
Virtually all pressure group demands are legitimate and the job of government is to advance them all. |
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A(n)____ group is composed of all people who might be group members because they share common interest. |
Potential |
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The free-rider problem refers to: |
Potential members of a group failing to join the actual group, as they know they will receive the same benefits whether they are active members or not. |
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According to Olson's Law of Large Groups, |
The smaller the group, the more effective it will be. |
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A "collective good" refers to: |
Something of value that benefits both the actual and potential members of a group. |
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Single-issue groups: |
Include members with narrow, uncompromising interests. |
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_____ is a communication by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her own behalf, directed to a government decision maker, particularly in the legislative and executive branch, with the hope of influencing his or her decision. |
Lobbying |
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Three basic strategies employed by interest groups are all of the following except |
Implementation |
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Political Action Committee (PAC) money goes overwhelmingly to: |
Incumbents |
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____ are written arguments submitted to the courts in support of one side of a case. |
Amicus Curia Briefs |
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Economic groups: |
are those groups interested in Wages, prices, and profits. |
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The union shop: |
Requires that all employees in a unionized business join the union. |
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The ____ is the oldest and largest of the African-American groups which have fought for equality at the polls, in housing, on the job, in education, and in all other facets of American life. |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
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An example of a public interest group is |
Common Cause |