POLS 1101 1st edition Lecture 28 Outline of Previous Lecture I Logic of Collective Action II Incentives III Insider Lobbying IV Interest Group Politics Controversial Thriving Outline of Current Lecture I Interest Groups II Drawbacks to Interest Groups III Bureaucracy Current Lecture I II Interest Groups Why do we have Interest Groups o 1st amendment gibes the right to assemble o Politicians are not experts so they need information on different areas o Represents interest of groups of citizens o Help represent interests or minority groups o Info to blind public opinion o Bridge the partisan gap by lobbying both sides These major interest groups a lot of them give money to both sides Drawbacks to Interest Groups Small well funded groups Les collective action problems which leads to more influence Are they just giving information or are they giving money to politicians Less people and there are fewer transaction costs Interest groups are biased so they might misrepresent the information Interest groups provide information to convince Congress to make a decision that isn t the best decision They provide information to protect their interests More potential for free riding What are the morals of joining interest groups o There is an incentive to join an interest group when something bad is about to happen because that interest group will fight against it These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III Internal workings o When the NRA groups send money and select lobbyists what does that relationship represent between the NRA and lobbyists They are paying professionals to go on their behalf They are agents Principal agent problem Interest groups are effected by money o More money more influence o People with more money are the ones that have the most influence because they control interest groups or run them Bureaucracy What is the purpose of having Bureaucracies o Holding each other responsible o Principle agent framework Delegation Agency loss What is a Bureaucracy Politics and keeping politics out What does the administrative procedures act do What are a couple major important Bureaucracies o FBI o EPA o AMB help the president with budget finance and they agree with the president What were the early parts of the departments in the bureaucracy o Treasury o Foreign Affairs o Defense Fire Alarm Principle o There is so much going through the ONB so when one thing happens that the public doesn t like the media will zone in on it o Congress gets to pull the department in and try to be the good guy asking the hard questions o The President is also involved and pulled in
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