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AP Gov ch 11 vocabul
WORDS IDK!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Activists | people who tend to participate in all forms of politics |
| Actual Group | a group composed of those in the potential geroup who are members of the interest group |
| Amicus curiae briefs | "friend of the court" briefs filled by interest groups to inform the court of their position and to state how their welfare would be affected by ruling |
| Class action lawsuits | technique used by interest groups which allows groups of people with similar complaints to combine their grievances into a single suit |
| Collective good | something of value which cannot be withheld from individuals in the potential group |
| electioneering | helping sympatheitc canidates get into office |
| elite theory | argues that because only few groups have enough power to influence policy, power is concentrated into a few interlocking power centers |
| free-rider problem | situation where individuals let others work to secure a collective good and then enjoy the benefit without contributing anything to the group effort |
| hyperpluralist theory | argues too many groups are getting what they want at the expense of the unrepresented and that this behavior leads to incoherent public policy |
| Ideoligical interest group | political organiszation that attracts members by appealing to their political convictions or principles |
| incentive | something of value one cannot get without joining an organization |
| interest groups | organizations where people with similar policy goals enter the political proccess to achieve those goals |
| lobbying | communication by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her own behalf, dirested to a governmental decision maker with the hope of influencing his or her own decision |
| material incentive | many things valued in monetary terms |
| olson's law of large groups | suggests that the larger the group, the more difficult it will be to secure enough of the collective good to encourage particiaption |
| pluralist theory | argues that interest group activites provide additional representation and compete against each other to influence political outcomes |
| political action committees | a legal means for groups to participate in elections by contributing money |
| political cue | signal telling a legislature what values are at stake in a vote, and how that issue fits with his or her own political views or party agenda |
| position issue | issue about which the public is divided and rival parties or candidates adopt different positions |
| potential group | group of people that share a common interest |
| public interest lobbies | organizations that seek a collective good which does not only benefit their membership |
| purposive incentive | benefit that comes from serving a cause or principle |
| ratings | assessment of a legislators voting record on issues important to an interest group |
| work-to-work law | state law that forbids the requirement of union membership as a condition of employment |
| selective benifits | benefits that are good that a group can restrict to those who are members |
| single-issue groups | groups which have very narrow interests, shun compromise, and single-minded pursue goals |
| social movement | a widely shared demand for chance in some aspect of the social or political order |
| solidary incentive | the sense of pleasure, status, or companionship experienced in small groups |
| subgovernments | exclusive relationships composed of interest group leaders, gov agency personnel, and members of congressional committees who perform mutually beneficial services for each other at the public's expense |
| union shop | a rule established to prevent free-riders by requiring new employees to join the union where one has been granted bargaining rights |
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