Poly Sci chap 14
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- Issue Advocacy ads
- Advertisments that support issues or canidates without teling constituents how to vote
- Faction
- A group of citizens united by some common passion or interest and opposed to the rights of other citizens or to the interests of the whole communitiy
- Revolving Door
- The tendency of public officials journalists and lobbyists to move between public and private sector media lobbying jobs
- Social Protest
- Public activites designed to bring attentio to political causes usaully genrated by those without access to conventional means of expressing their views
- Economic Interest Groups
- Group that organizes to influced government policy for the economic benefit of its members
- Equal Oppourtunity Interst Group
- Group that organizes to promote civil and economic rights of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups
- Political Action Commitee
- The fundraising arm of an interest group
- Public Interest Group
- Group that organizes to influence government to produce collective goods or services that benefit the general public
- Grassroots Lobbying
- Indirect lobbying efforts that spring from widespread public concern
- Astroturf Lobbying
- Indirect lobbying efforts that manipulate or create public sentiments astroturf being artificial grassroats
- Lobbying
- Interest group activities aimed at persuading policymakers to support the groups positions
- Solidary benefit
- A selective incentive related to the interaction and bonding among group members
- Interest Group
- An organization of individuals who share a common political goal and unite for the purpose of influencing government decisions
- Direct Lobbying
- Direct Interaction with public officials for the purpose of influencing policy decisions
- Expressive benefit
- A selective incentive that derives from the oppourtunity to express values and beliefs and to be commited to a greater cause
- Free Rider Problem
- The difficulty groups face in recruiting when portentials memebers can gain the benefits of teh groups action whether they join or not
- Collective Good
- A good or service that by its very nature cannot be denied to anyone who wants to consume it
- Material Benefit
- A selective incentive in the form of a tangible reward
- Interest Group entrepreneur
- An effective group leader, who is likely to have organized the group and can effectively promote its interests among members and the public
- Selective Incentive
- A benefit that is availabe only to group members as an indudement to get them to join
- Indirect Lobbying
- Attemps to influence government policymakers by encouraging the general public to put pressure on them