Exam 8: Interest Groups and Social Movements: Collective Action, Power, and Representation

Compared to interest groups, social movements have ______.

Inside lobbying efforts focus on the content of a piece of legislation as well as the levels of funding for agencies and programs through the appropriation process.

When agencies tasked with regulating businesses, industries, or other interest groups are populated by individuals with close ties to the very firms that they are supposed to regulate, it is defined as ______.

The coordinated (and mutually beneficial) activities of interest groups, Congress, and the bureaucracy to achieve shared policy goals, sometimes against the general interests of society or specific groups within it, best describes ______.

Successful lobbying often depends on ______.

What is a collective action? How do interest groups overcome the major challenges that collective action problems pose?

Which of the following words best captures the tension between representation by individual Americans and the outcomes of the political process in which they engage?

Who suggested to the Occupy Wall Street group that it might be more beneficial to convert from a social movement group to an interest group?

In order for mortgage-backed securities to provide a return to their customers, ______.

Which of the following was the original proposal of the Canadian activist group known as Adbusters?

In the years following the financial crisis, the AARP argued for ______.

According to the theory of pluralism, the Occupy Wall Street Movement ______.

Iron triangles are the coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of interest groups, Congress, and the bureaucracy to achieve a set of shared policy goals, sometimes against the general interests of society of the specific groups within it.

In contrast to iron triangles, issue networks are often ______.

Bryan's extended family from out of town come to watch the fireworks display at the local park to celebrate the town's bicentennial, and get to enjoy the show even though they do not pay taxes in that town. Bryan's extended family could be considered ______.

Recent research into interest group behavior shows that although there has been a proliferation of groups and movements focusing on civil rights, women's interests, and the elderly, there has been ______.

A group advocating for the reduction of air pollution to save the environment would be classified as which type of group?

The right of a citizen to lobby, or petition the government for a redress of grievances, was guaranteed by which Amendment?

Which of the following is a main contributing factor for social movement failures?

The power elite is limited to the top-ranking elected officials in government.