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1 Special Interest Groups

2 Views of American Democracy Majoritarian Pluralist Elitist Marxist

3 Madisonian Assumptions People are very self-interested. factions, while undesirable, are inevitable in free society competition among various factions would mitigate the problems of faction.

4 Vocab - "Linking Institution" Institution the connects citizens with the government Political Parties Special Interest Groups Media Elections

5 Public Policy "Stuff you have to do - or else" Congress - Laws, Bills, Statutes, Acts President - Executive Orders Bureaucracy - Administrative Regulations Court System - Precedents Interest groups try to influence them ALL

6 Interest Groups vs Political Parties Political Party - organization of people who seek to influence public policy by getting their members elected to public office Special Interest Group - organization of people who seek to influence public policy

7 Interest Group vs "Interest" Interest Groups is organized (Official membership list, officers, etc) "Interest" is not organized. o Latent Interest Group Ex African Americans vs NAACP

8 Types of Special Interest Groups Single Issue Economic Public Interest Religious Ideological

9 Shaping Public Opinion Grassroots – at the local/individual level. Grassroots lobbying = lobbying the public. o SIG lobbies public → Public pressures decision makers The media Direct mail Opinion leaders Protests, demonstrations etc

10 Influencing Elections Vocab: electioneering PACs o Aligned and Nonaligned PACs 527s Super PACs

11 PACs PAC Expenditures Super PACs

12 Influencing Congress Contributions = Access Congress members Building trust and providing info Effective lobbyists never lie

13 Influencing Policy Making: Lobbying Lobbying Bureaucracy and Congress. Lobbying Congress

14 Influencing Policy Making: Judiciary Litigation Amicus Curiae Briefs Class Action Lawsuits Judicial appointments and elections

15 Iron Triangle (Subgovernment) Interlocking relationship between Congressional Committees Interest Groups Administrative Agencies The Revolving Door

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17 The principal task of government is to manage the interplay of group interests Interest groups can also be a threat to the American political system o Hyperpluralism

18 Issue Network

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