Events2Join

Interest Group Politics


Interest group | Definition, Examples, Types, Politics, & Facts

Interest group, any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on the basis of one or more shared ...

8.1 What Is an Interest Group? - Introduction to Political Science

Interest groups can be organized into two general categories: economic groups and public interest or noneconomic groups.

5c. Interest Groups - USHistory.org

Interest groups also actively involve themselves in political campaigns. This electioneering is intended to help elect candidates who favor their positions or ...

U.S. Politics: Interest Groups and Lobbying - Research Guides

A directory of interest groups that lobby Congress. House of Representatives Lobbying Disclosure US government requirements, forms and report details for ...

Interest group - Political, Economic, Social | Britannica

Interest group - Political, Economic, Social: Interests and interest groups in all types of political systems can be placed broadly in five ...

The Role of Interest Groups

The first public interest groups were spawned by the civil rights, women's rights, and environmental movements of the 1960s. Supporters of these causes often ...

Interest Groups Defined | American Government - Lumen Learning

Interest group indicates any formal association of individuals or organizations that attempt to influence government decision-making and/or the making of ...

How interest groups influence public opinion: Arguments matter ...

The results show that interest groups can indeed affect public opinion on some issues. They mainly do so via the arguments they convey, whereas ...

Chapter 13: Groups and Interests | American Government, Core 12e

Interest group politics involves thousands of groups and individuals competing for the attention of political elites inside government.

Interest Groups - OpenSecrets

OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Our mission is to track the ...

CHAPTER 12: Interest Groups - Project MUSE

Interest groups typically lobby the government to adopt their positions. Lobbyists are the individuals who represent and advocate on behalf of an interest group ...

8.2 What Are the Pros and Cons of Interest Groups? - OpenStax

Interest group participation in politics has its benefits. In Federalist Paper No. 10, James Madison argued that while the threat of ...

Interest Group Theory | The Oxford Handbook of American Political ...

This article considers the four steps of interest group theory as it applies to American politics: group theory; Robert Dahl's pluralism; multiple elitist ...

List of Interest Groups - USA Political Database

List of National Interest Groups: Abortion & Reproductive, Agriculture & Food Processing, Animals and Wildlife, Arts, Entertainment, and History, Business and ...

The Place for “Special Interest Groups”

This is the very reason for organized advocacy, or "special interest groups." They are individuals coming together around an issue they care ...

9.1 The Interest Group System – American Government and Politics ...

Interest groups are intermediaries linking people to government, and lobbyists work for them. These groups make demands on government and try to influence ...

Interest Groups: Crash Course Government and Politics #42

Today, Craig is going to talk about something you fans out there have been demanding for months - money in politics.

Interest groups in US local politics: Introduction to the special issue

Interest group scholarship has so far focused mainly on national politics and has had very little to say about interest groups in American cities, counties, ...

Political Parties & Interest Groups | Relationship & Comparison

Both political parties and interest groups are generally comprised of individuals with similar views on policy and governance who organize together to achieve ...

Interest Groups - YouTube

Interest groups are collections of people and/or organizations who join together to fight for a cause. This video gives an overview of ...