interest groups 2.0 fitz-ap gov. focus: what do you get out of joining a facebook group? how many do...
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Interest Groups 2.0
Fitz-AP Gov
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Focus: What do you get out of joining a Facebook group?
• How many do you belong to?
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People Groups
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What Are Interest Groups?
• Interest Group (simple definition) organization of people with similar policy goals that tries to influence the political process
• Influence every branch and every level of government.
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3 VIEWS ON GROUPS• James Madison and Federalist #10
• The open nature of the American government invites organized political participation.- Market of ideas
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1. Pluralist theory
• Groups are good. Representation is equal.
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1. Disadvantages to those who are not organized.
2. some interests have more power than others.
3. no room for consideration of transcendent national interests.
Pluralism and its Critics
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2. Hyperpluralist theory• Too many groups getting too much of what
they want
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3. Elitist theory
• Only a few groups have power. Mainly the wealthy.
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The Iron Triangle*• Congressional Committees
• Interest Groups • Government Agencies
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• Congressional support through lobbying
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• Low regulation, special favors, contracts
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Why are large groups unsuccessful?
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Olson says…
The the group
the further it will
short of providing an optimal amount of a collective good
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Free-rider problem
• Why join ?
when everyone benefits from…
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Selective or material benefits
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Solidarity benefits
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Purposeful benefits
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What Do Interest Groups Do?
• A Lobbyists is someone whose task it is to influence legislation or policymaking.
• Lobbyists have to be:– Honest– Persuasive– Well-connected
• in order to be efficient
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Interest Groups TechniquesDirect Techniques:• Lobbying
– Private meetings– Testifying– Drafting Legislation– Social Occasions– Providing Political
Info– Supplying Nomination
suggestions
Indirect techniques:
• Generating Public Pressure– Use Constituents
as Lobbyists– Building Alliances
with other groups
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What Makes an Interest Group Successful?
In general three factors tend to lead to interest group success:
1. Leaders2. Patrons and Funding –Without money, it is
hard to get your message out.3. Members – a group must have members to
be successful. Organizing members allows for strength in numbers and pooling of financial support.
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Criticism Interest Groups
Interest Groups have been criticized for• Ignoring the wider interest of society
• Producing confusion and deadlock in Congress
• Generating so much emotion that they make reasoned discussion difficult
• Having too much influence
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Important Points to Think About
Interest Groups • Promote interest in public affairs
• Provide useful information
• Serve as watchdogs
• Represent the interest of Citizens
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Interest Groups 2.0 What is an interest group-
Pluralist theory Hyperpluralist theory
Elitist theory Olson’s Law
Free-rider problem Selective or material benefits
Purposeful benefits
What do interest groups do? Lobbying-
Direct techniques- Indirect techniques-
Recipe for success- Criticism of interest groups-