American Democracy Now, 2nd Edition (Harrison)Chapter 7:
Interest GroupsChapter Outline
- The Value of Interest Groups
- Interest Groups and Civic Participation
- Pluralist Theory versus Elite Theory
- Key Functions of Interest Groups
- The Downside of Interest Groups
- Who Joins Interest Groups, and Why?
- Patterns of Membership
- Interest Group Participation Based on Occupation
- Interest Group Participation and Social Class
- Interest Group Participation and Education
- Motivations for Joining Interest Groups
- Solidary Incentives
- Purposive Incentives
- Economic Incentives
- How Interest Groups Succeed
- Organizational Resources
- How Membership Affects Success
- How Financial Resources Affect Success
- Organizational Environment
- Leadership
- Opposition
- Types of Interest Groups
- Economic Interest Groups
- Corporate and Business Interests
- Labor Interests
- Agricultural Interests
- Trade and Professional Interests
- Public and Ideological Interest Groups
- Consumer Interests
- Environmental Interests
- Religious Interests
- Foreign Interest Groups
- Interest Group Strategies
- Direct Strategies to Advance Interests
- Lobbying, Issue Networks, and Iron Triangles
- Litigation by Interest Groups
- Providing Information and Expert Testimony
- Indirect Strategies to Advance Interests
- Public Outreach
- Electioneering
- Interest Groups, Politics, and Money: The Influence of Political Action Committees
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