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US Politics. Interest Groups. Overview. Definition of Interest Group The Role of Interest Groups Why Join? Logic of Collective Action Benefits Delivered Types of Interest Groups Influence and Importance. Definition. Interest Group: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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US Politics
Interest Groups
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Overview
• Definition of Interest Group
• The Role of Interest Groups
• Why Join?– Logic of Collective Action– Benefits Delivered
• Types of Interest Groups
• Influence and Importance
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Definition
• Interest Group: – An organized group of
individuals sharing common objectives who actively attempt to influence policymakers
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Logic of Collective Action
• Prisoner’s Dilemma
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Prisoners’ Dilemma
• Scenario:
• You and an accomplice are arrested on suspicion of committing some nasty crime
• The District Attorney and the police have been unable to produce enough evidence to convict you of that offense
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Prisoners’ Dilemma
• We do have enough evidence to convict you of some lesser charge
• The only way the DA can nail you for the more serious offense is if one of you rats out the other
• Conversely, you and your partner can largely elude prosecution if you both stay silent
• You and your partner are placed in separate holding cells and are unable to communicate with each other
• DA enters and offers you the following:
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
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Don’t Cooperate with each other
(rat)
Don’t Cooperate with each other
(rat)
Cooperate with each other
(hang tough)
Cooperate with each
other (hang tough)
Prisoners’ Dilemma
From your perspective, you and your accomplice are faced with the following:
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
0, 10
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10, 0
Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
0, 10
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10 , 0
0 , 10
Row Player
Column Player
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10, 0
5, 5 0, 10
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10, 0
5, 5 0, 10
1, 1
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10, 0
5, 5 0, 10
1, 1
What to do? Which strategy should you select?
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10, 0
5, 5 0, 10
1, 1
DominantStrategy
DominantStrategy
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10, 0
5, 5 0, 10
1, 1
DominantStrategy
DominantStrategy
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10, 0
5, 5 0, 10
1, 1
Nash Equilibrium Neither player can improve his/her position,
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Rat
Rat
Hang Tough
Hang Tough
Prisoners’ Dilemma
10, 0
5, 5 0, 10
1, 1
Nash Equilibrium Neither player can unilaterallyimprove his/her position
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Prisoners’ Dilemma
• Generalized Form:• Rank Outcomes, from most preferred to
least preferred– 1 = first choice– 2 = second choice– 3 = third choice– 4 = fourth choice
• Choice is “cooperate” or “not cooperate”
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Don’t Cooperate
Don’t Cooperate
Cooperate
Cooperate
Prisoners’ Dilemma
4 , 1
3 , 3 1 , 4
2 , 2
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Prisoners’ Dilemma
• Symbolic Form:• We’re in a Prisoner’s Dilemma situation
whenever:T > R > P > S
Temptation to defect > Rewards of Cooperation
Rewards > Punishment for Not CooperatingPunishment > Sucker’s Payoff
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Prisoners’ Dilemma
• Note that even if we start at the cooperative outcome, that outcome is not stable
• Each player can improve his/her position by adopting a different strategy
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Don’t Cooperate
Don’t Cooperate
Cooperate
Cooperate
Prisoners’ Dilemma
4 , 1
3 , 3 1 , 4
2 , 2
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Prisoners’ Dilemma
• But since both players have changed strategy we end up at the non-cooperative outcome, where both players are worse off than if they had chosen to cooperate
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Don’t Cooperate
Don’t Cooperate
Cooperate
Cooperate
Prisoners’ Dilemma
4 , 1
3 , 3 1 , 4
2 , 2
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Prisoners’ Dilemma
• And, as we noted, this non-cooperative outcome is also a Nash equilibrium outcome;
• Neither player has any incentive to change strategy since whoever changes will do immediately worse by making the move
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Don’t Cooperate
Don’t Cooperate
Cooperate
Cooperate
Prisoners’ Dilemma
4 , 1
3 , 3 1 , 4
2 , 2
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PD & Interest Groups
• If a “collective good” is involved, individuals have little incentive to work towards achieving that good.
• Makes sense for others to do the work and sit back and reap the benefits of their labor
• But if that’s the case, then no one will do the work and the collective benefit won’t be delivered
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PD & Interest Groups
• Groups need to overcome the logic of collective action
• Provide benefits so that potential members recalculate the costs/benefits of contributing
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Benefits Delivered
• Material Incentives– monetary or other tangible rewards offered in exchange
for membership
• Solidary Benefits– the positive gain of associating with other people
• Purposive Incentive– close identification of the group goal with personal
goals
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Types of Interest Groups
• Economic Interest Groups– Business– Labor– Agriculture– Professional Associations
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Types of Interest Groups
• Environmental Groups
• “Public Interest” Groups
• “Single Interest” or “Other”
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Sources of Power
• Interest Group success on an issue is a measure of the power of the interest group– where “success” means ability to get political
actors to adopt and implement positions and policies favorable to the group
• The more success, the greater the power
• What sources of power can interest groups draw on?
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Sources of Power
Membership Size– Total number of active members– Total number of “sympathetic” persons– Financial Resources
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Sources of Power
Cohesiveness– Will membership act
as unifed force?
– Will membership participate fully in group activities like:
• Letter writing, voting, boycotting, protesting
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Sources of Power
Leadership– Will leaders effectively expand membership
and recruit– Public relations– Lobbying efforts
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Interest Group Strategies
• Recall definition of interest groups:– An organized group of individuals sharing
common objectives who actively attempt to influence policymakers
• So, how do we influence policymakers?
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Interest Group Strategies
Insider
Involves direct contact
between IG and the political actor being influenced
Outsider
IG uses third parties from “beyond the
beltway” to influence political actors
Two main strategies:
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Interest Group Strategies
• Insider– Lobbying
• providing information
• testifying before members of Congress
• presenting evidence to bureaucratic agencies
• informal social gatherings
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Interest Group Strategies
• Direct– Campaign Assistance
• Volunteer to staff/help in campaign
• Contributions
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Interest Group Strategies
• Outsider– Build alliances with other interest groups to
influence political figures– Mobilize/shape public opinion– Mobilize constituents– Litigate
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Interest Group Impact
• Interest Groups provide an important opportunity for citizen participation in the political process
• Yet the growth of interest groups on specific issues has potential to mask “private” interest as public policy