AI Interest Groups

Voluntary associations of people that come together with an agreed-upon set of political and policy objectives and who attempt to pull the levers of political power in the service of these defined goals; i.e., an organized group of people that make policy-related appeals to government

• Interest group

• Collective goods

• Free Riders

• Material Benefits

Benefits or desirable outcomes that individuals can enjoy or profit from even if they do not help achieve or secure them; i.e., broadly distributed benefits such as public transportation

• Collective goods

• Material Benefits

• Purposive incentives/benefits

• Particularized benefit

individuals who enjoy collective goods without contributing to them

• Free Riders

• Material Benefits

• Purposive incentives/benefits

• Particularized benefit

Tangible benefits made available to members and contributors of a group

• Interest group

• Collective goods

• Material Benefits

• Purposive incentives/benefits

Type of incentives appeal to someone's concern about a cause; some one who receives satisfaction of workin with others to achieve a common goal or purpose

• Interest group

• Purposive incentives/benefits

• Particularized benefit

• Selective benefit

A benefit that generally accrues to a narrow segment of society

• Interest group

• Particularized benefit

• Selective benefit

• Solidary benefit

goods made available only to those who join or contribute

• Interest group

• Purposive incentives/benefits

• Selective benefit

• Solidary benefit

Benefits based on the concept that people like to associate with those who are similar to them E.g., joining a group to be with others like you

• Interest group

• Purposive incentives/benefits

• Selective benefit

• Solidary benefit

Type of interest group that is organized primarily for economic reasons, that engage in political activity in order to see favorable policy from the government

• Private Interest Group

• Public Interest Group

• Labor Unions

• PAC (Political Action Committee)

Private interest groups that are made up of members who share the same kind of job

• Private Interest Group

• Public Interest Group

• Labor Unions

• PAC (Political Action Committee)