Interest Groups Worksheet

100: ________ entails influencing public policy through interactions with public official on behalf of an interest group.

• Lobbying

• Advertising

• Negotiating

• Fundraising

200: ________ interest groups tend to be headquartered in DC with members & field offices around country, and also tend to be efficient, but distant from members.

• Centralized

• Decentralized

• Localized

• Regional

Name of the three ways discussed in class that interest groups can overcome the collective action problem.

• Selective incentives, coercion, and personal satisfaction from participation

• Public funding, media campaigns, and lobbying

• Grassroots mobilization, public demonstrations, and petitions

• Networking events, social media outreach, and educational workshops

This approach towards studying American Politics says that interest groups are the core means through which people can take political action.

• Pluralism

• Elitism

• Marxism

• Federalism

Given an example of an inside strategy.

Confederation interest groups tend to be composed of a number of independent, local organization which provide resources. True or False?

• True

• False

200: ______ interest groups have people or labor organizations as their members; an example is the NRA or the Sierra Club.

• Mass

• Elite

• Professional

• Corporate

300: ______ interest groups have businesses as their members and individuals cannot join; an example is the Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC).

• Peak

• Professional

• Trade

• Labor

________ are efforts to communicate in a way that looks like the spontaneous participation of many individuals but which is actually centrally coordinated.

• Astroturf Lobbying

• Grassroots Movements

• Public Relations

• Social Media Campaigns

__________ (two words) tends to materialize when an issue is highly conflictual in society and there is not just one interest group concerned with this issue.

• Counteractive lobbying

• Passive resistance

• Active negotiation

• Collaborative planning