PSC 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wield, Advocacy Group
3 Nov 2016
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Defined: private organizations that try to shape public policy. Tend to focus on a move narrow range of issue. Types: access: insiders vs outsiders- front seat at the table; nra, goals: public vs private goods interest groups fight for certain goods. Why the bad reputation: special interest: when groups hold a position with which we disagree. Collective action problem private vs public goods. Capture theory revolving doors; way of capturing government. Relationship between congress, interest groups, and bureaucracy. Interest group manufacturers who build weapons/ machinery. Social movements: loosely organized collections of people and institutions who act outside established institutions to promote or resist social change, tend to occur when a significant number of people define their own problem in general social terms. Not organizations but have a relationship with interest groups; people may follow it or like it. May go for a while but then stop and be quiet; will not go on forever.
