POLS 1101 Lecture 21Outline of Last Lecture I. Interest GroupsII. Interest Groups, by TypeIII. Social MovementsIV. Understanding Social MovementsV. Collective Dilemmas and Group PoliticsVI. Strategies for Overcoming Collective-action ProblemsVII. Coordination Problems for Groups with Similar GoalsOutline of Current Lecture I. Determining Group PowerII. Access to Members of CongressIII. Inside and Outside LobbyingIV. Major Laws on LobbyingV. Campaign FinancingVI. Campaign Contributions: A Prisoner’s DilemmaVII. In Comparison: Interest GroupsVIII. Organized Forms of Public PressureCurrent Lecture: Interest Group Strategies for InfluenceI. Determining Group Power- Can be difficult to measure the effect of lobbyinga. Many factors might influence a legislator’s voteb. Interest groups tend to lobby those who favor their cause already- Pluralism in American politicsa. Interests of the wealthy are overrepresentedII. Access to Members of Congress- Legislators tend to grant more access to two types of groupsa. Groups that represent constituentsb. Groups that contribute to their campaigns- Electoral connectionIII. Inside and Outside Lobbying- Inside lobbying a. Interest groups making direct contact with policy makersb. e.g., meeting with legislators, giving money- Outside lobbying a. Mobilizing people outside the legislature to put pressure on policy makersb. e.g., letter writing, advertisements, protestsIV. Major Laws on Lobbying**** Test Questions!V. Campaign Financing- Interest groups give billions of dollars per year to federal candidates- Helps get the group access and attention in the futureVI. Campaign Contributions: A Prisoner’s DilemmaVII. In Comparison: Interest Groups- U.S. has more active and numerous interest groups than other democraciesa. More points of access & pluralism- Parliamentary democracies have few points of access- Laws in other countries restrict kinds of lobbyinga. Corporatist style of interest representationVIII. Organized Forms of Public Pressure- Interest groups and social movements are organized clumps of public opiniona. Often biased, unrepresentative of all opinionb. Many people and issues are not represented by any
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