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POLI 2051 Exam 2 with correct Answersinterest group - Answers -organization of people with shared policy goals who enter the
politcal process to try to achieve those goals
pluralist perspective (pluralism) - Answers --some wealthy groups but if they get too
powerful, citizen groups can confront them
-interest groups are good because everyone can make a difference with groups
-thinks the interest groups work
elitist perspective (elitism) - Answers --competition but it's between powerful, rich
interest groups
-the largest and most elite/resourceful have the most power
-the little guy does win sometimes
-negative view on interest groups
hyperpluralist perspective (hyperpluralism) - Answers --link citizens to government
-negative view on interest groups
-groups are too powerful and government tries to assist them all
sub-governments/iron triangles - Answers -build comfortable relationships between
interests groups, executive bureaucrat, and congressional committees in a given policy
space
citizen advocacy/cause groups - Answers -have a common cause for greater good
growth of interest group activity was due to - Answers --government expansion
-in the 60s and 70s the middle class had more leisure time to join groups
-technology makes it easier to join groups
how to get people to join - Answers -biggest barrier to group formation
collective goods - Answers --pursued by most interest groups
-something of value like clean air, that cannot be withheld from nonmembers
the free-rider problem - Answers -when people dont join interest groups because they
will get the benefits regardless (collective goods).
selective benefits - Answers -goods such as information publications, travel discounts,
and group insurance rates that a group can restrict to those who pay their yearly dues
material benefits - Answers --magazine subscriptions, coffee cups, totes
, -something of monetary value
solidary benefits - Answers -the benefit of being around people like yourself
purposive benefits - Answers -make you feel like you are a apart og somehting much
bigger and that you are making a difference
requiring people to join - Answers -other ways of making people join interest groups
finding where they have the most influence - Answers -how do interest groups decide
where to give their money
lobbying - Answers -A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the
passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature.
electioneering - Answers --providing campaign funds through PACs
-use of independent spending
-mobilize members to vote on election day
trusted - Answers -what types of candidates do interest groups give assistance to?
litigation - Answers -unbiased party that finds cases relevant
going public (grass-roots campaign) - Answers --taking case to the public
-rating politicians
political parties - Answers -team of people seeking tho control the government
apparatus by gaining in a duly constitutional election
as linkage institutions, parties can perform several important activities like.. - Answers -
picking candidates, helping run campaigns, giving cues to voters, and articulating
policies.
party identification - Answers --self proclaimed preference for one party of the other
-like political opinion or a child having the same political preferences as their parents
why is there an increase in identification as "independent" but not an increase in voting
"independently"? - Answers -people are sating that they are independent but tend to
lean towards one party or another when it comes time to vote
ticket splitting - Answers -voting with one party for one office and the other party for
another office
partisan - Answers -hearing only what you want to hear, could be problematic
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