UAPP225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: American Bankers Association, American Medical Association, International Brotherhood Of Teamsters

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Urban Affairs and Public Policy
• Course: UAPP225
• Professor: David Carter

Document Summary

A fundamental base of welfare benefit articulation. Interest groups articulate interests while parties aggregate interests. Organized groups of individuals who share common goals, and seek to influence government decision making. Unlike political parties who want to put people into government. Focus on influencing policy only in a defined self interest goal. Differ from political parties in that they do not aggregate interests or run candidates for office. Afl-cio (many fall here); international brotherhood of teamsters. Association; the american association of university professors (ud faculty) Citizen activist groups that try to represent what they deem to be the interests of the public at large. A public interest group with an extremely narrow focus is known as a single-issue group. Public sector groups articulate the interests of governments to other governments. Cities and municipalities states national governments, etc. Associations of governments articulate to other sectors. Represent the interests of cities; lobby the federal government to get their needs met.