Exam 10: Interest Groups

A "communication by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her own behalf,directed to a governmental decision maker with the hope of influencing his or her decision" is a definition of

Class action lawsuits

An advantage of single-issue groups is their

Describe the differences between the pluralist,hyperpluralist,and elite theories in regard to the role played by interest groups in American society.

What is Olson's law of large groups?

According to the pluralist group theory of politics,

The term interest group can be generally defined as

A network of groups within the American political system that exercises power over specific policy areas is called a(n)

The multiplicity of interest groups in the United States

Economic groups

How are interest groups and elected officials mutually dependent on one another?

A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups competing for preferred policies is called

An extremely low percentage of the U.S.population is members in environmental groups compared to other industrialized democracies.

According to Jeffrey Berry,organizations that seek "a collective good,the achievement of which will not selectively and materially benefit the membership or the activities of the organization" are called

According to the Fortune Power 25,which of the following factors affects the success of interest groups?

The Taft-Hartley Act permits _______,which outlaw union membership as a condition of employment.

According to the text,lobbying works best

According to the Center for Responsive Politics,the greatest total amount spent on lobbying from 1998 to 2007 was by the _________ industry.

An interest group is an organization of people with shared policy goals entering the policy process at several points to try to achieve those goals.

The two basic types of lobbyists are regular paid employees of unions,corporations,and associations,and contract employees that are available for hire.