POLS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-14: International Monetary Fund, Supremacy Clause, Preventive War
28 Mar 2018
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Pluralist and elitist views both explain the group process: the principle of pluralism group-based politics dates to james madison"s concept of. Faction. according to pluralist theory, all interests are and should be free to compete for influence in the united states. The outcome of this competition is supposed to result in compromise and moderation: the modern group process has an elitist, upper-class bias because the upper class has greater resources to exploit that process. Interest groups represent different interests but have similar organizations and membership: an interest group is a group of people organized to pursue a common interest or interests, 2. through political participation, toward the ultimate goal of getting favorable public policy decisions from government. Interest groups are sometimes referred to as lobbies. Interest-group politics in the united states tends to have a pronounced upper-class bias because of the characteristics of interest-group members.
