Exam 9: Interest Groups

According to Olson,small,well-organized groups often override the broader public interest because they __________.

When an industry such as coal or cotton advertises on television,it is often trying to show the public that it __________.

A "stalemate society" is one in which __________.

Tocqueville noted that Americans are unusually fond of __________.

In a weak state,interest groups _________.

Governments create interest groups to help them manage society.

Political parties differ from interest groups because parties __________.

Interest groups in the United States work through the legislative and executive branches but not the judicial branch.

The central concern behind the formation of single-issue interest groups tends to be __________.

Democrats and Republicans tend to agree that the tax code is __________.

Rousseau influenced French attitudes toward pluralism by arguing that __________.

The Tillman Act of 1907 was the first attempt to limit campaign financing in the United States.

Which of the following,if they existed in Germany,would dramatically change the way German national elections are financed?

Government bureaucracies can become large and powerful interest groups.

Since the 1970s,the number of single-issue interest groups has risen.

Which of these statements describes the theory of countervailing power?

Which statement explains why the 2010 health care reform bill contained no provision for a public insurance option?

Which of these was most helpful to the Occupy Wall Street protesters?

Which of these is a potential problem of corporatism?

Which of these is an example of two distinct interest groups working for the same cause?