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interest groups represent various economic, ideological, and political constituencies and provide more direct representation of policy preferences than do political parties
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it would be accurate to maintain that
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organizational sclerosis
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when a society becomes so burdened with benefits for special interest groups that the general standard of living starts to decline, it is said to be because of
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called interest groups "factions, believed conic interests to the the most prevalent in politics
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james madison
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to protect economic interests, to advance social movements, government benefits
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generally speaking, interest groups seek
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business and trade organizations
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traditionally the __ have dominated interest-group politics in america
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christian coalition
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a christian fundamentalism would probably feel most at home with which group?
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an interest-group entrepreneur
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an individual who creates an organization and works to build up the membership of the group is said to be
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smaller, narrowly, focused goals
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in general, it is easier to organize interest groups that are __ and wish to pursue __
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council on foreign relations
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the most influential foreign policy organization in america is the
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american association of retired persons
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fortune magazine has ranked which of the following as the most powerful lobbying group in america
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presenting information to decision makers, mobilizing the "grass roots", engaging in protests
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in order to influence public policy, interest groups engage in
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soliciting and distributing campaign contributions
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political action committees are primarily interested in
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a mutually beneficial relationship between the legislative committees, interest groups, and governmental agencies
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an iron triangle is
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revolving doors
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the movement of individuals from positions in the government to jobs in the private sector where they use knowledge and contacts they acquired while in governmental service is referred to as
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initiating litigation
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interest groups most typically attempt to influence judicial decision making by
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opposes major provisions of the PATRIOT act
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it would accurate to say that the ACLU
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through conflict between competing interest groups
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adherents of pluralism believe that public policy making is primarily achieved
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public policy making is not the product of rational choice by individuals, interest groups are only rarely governed democratically, very few people attend interest group meetings
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critics of pluralism maintain that it cannot be the heir to classic democratic theory because
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