P SC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Social Capital II Participation Transformation Post 1970s III Interaction Now vs Interaction Before IV Apolitical changes in the 70s and 80s V What Happened VI Consequences VII Is Social Capital Disappearing VIII USA Today Gallup Questions IX Scandals X Beyond Direct Contact Outline of Current Lecture I II III IV V VI The Upcoming Exam Berry s Four Strategies The Roadblock of Collective Action What do Liberals Believe What do Conservatives Believe Ideologies Current Lecture I The Upcoming Exam A 20 multiple choice and 10 short answers 1 Do short answers first then 20 multiple choice B Material 1 Half from textbook half from lecture 2 Big concepts and big trends 3 Specific dates and numbers and specific survey questions DO NOT MATTER SO DON T WORRY ABOUT THEM C How to Study 1 Read the chapters focus on terms and thinks that are talked about in detail 2 Look at the list of terms we ll get this in our Democracy Labs 3 Pay attention to lists in lecture notes 5 Fundamentals Eulau and Karps Berry etc 4 Use CourseMate resources take extra quizzes 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 II Berry s Four Strategies A Information 1 Testifying at legislative or agency hearings 2 All about sharing and gathering information to write a bill or go against a bill 3 Bring in experts from interest groups 4 Interests group hire people to conduct and publish research 5 Holding press conferences B Constituency Influence and Confrontation 1 Building coalitions with other groups 2 Interest groups get public members to do the work for them 3 Harnessing membership to channel passion toward specific individuals 4 Protests and boycotts C Law 1 Filing lawsuits or amicus briefs for court cases 2 Drafting legislation or regulations 3 This is why law ideas are thrown around in different states at the same time III The Roadblock of Collective Action A The NRA says it has 4 5 million members B How many of them are willing to do something to reach their goal C If everyone did a little the action could be successful D Problems 1 Many disincentives can t or won t do a little even though they want the end result 2 Burden of creating shared by few benefits shared by many more so called free riders E How to minimize disincentives 1 Many of them are time related so create simpler ways to participate 2 Some people aren t that passionate so make it seem like their participation is vital IV What do Liberals Believe A Larger more involved government B Social equity rights C Distributed wealth income D Etc E Is democrats a synonym for liberals 1 There used to be conservative democrats V What to Conservatives Believe A Limited government B Business oriented C Traditional values D Strict interpretation of the Constitution E Etc F Is Republicans a synonym for conservatives 1 There used to be liberal republicans VI Ideologies A Related set of beliefs about goals of society B I have opinions and here s how I want government to accomplish these goals C Liberal conservative spectrum often used in shorthand by elites or people who are really into politics 1 Survey findings on Defining Liberal and Conservative a 1 in 4 give a spending related answer b 1 in 4 give a capitalism vs social programs answer c 1 in 4 give a change vs status quo answer d 1 in 7 give an abortion answer morality religion answer working business answer