Exam 7: Pluralism, Parties, Interest Groups, and Social Movements

Interest group theory suggests that individuals belong to many varied interest groups, reflecting different aspects of their own interests.

Interest groups all have similar goals: to win elected political office in a regime.

The ultimate goal of political parties is

One source of political parties may be national-liberation movements from when a nation was under the colonial control of another.

How do the theories of pluralism and corporatism relate to each other? Both theories use the concept of "group" as a core component, but how do they use the concept differently? What assumptions do they make that are similar?

A key difference between social movements and interest groups is that interest groups are likely to have a broader constituency than social movements.

___________ is a very close interaction of interest groups and government.

The idea of pluralism uses as its focus the concept of:

Political parties can be seen to come from many different sources, including all of the following except:

Comparative study has shown us that the simple-majority single-ballot electoral system favors

What is an individual decision to participate when someone believes that their participation will benefit them known as?

The relationship between pressure groups and interest groups can be expressed by the general observation that

The way that the population of a nation organizes into associations or organizations that are independent of formal institutions of the state is referred to as:

Parties contribute to all of the following processes of political development except:

Material goods or nonmaterial goods that are shared by a number of people or that will be available to all are called:

The idea of pluralism suggests that multiple, competing elites determine public policy through bargaining and compromise.

Social deprivation theory suggests that people create social movements because

One of the most important ideas to remember about the concept of civil society is that it is distinct from governmental institutions.

The series of demonstrations that became known as the "Arab Spring" was an example of a protest movement that arose because of a feeling of protest

When we refer to a political system as a two-party system we mean that