POLS 4180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pressure Politics, Oligopoly
22 Sep 2016
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The mobilization of bias: shaped by strategic communication and action that makes sure that your interests are heard in the arena, ex. The nra- its size and wealth allows it to mobilize effectively. According to schattschneider: we end up with two kinds of politics in the arena: pressure politics - selective in their issue choice, well organized. Skewed, loaded, unbalanced, in favor of a fraction of minority interests. : party politics - driven by the parties, covers broader interests, diffused. Can drown out some voices with covering a broad range of interests. Schattschneider is okay with that as long as enough. Dara strolovitch - attempted to update schattschneider people are being heard: wanted to ask the question: have things changed since the 1960s, when schattschneider wrote: people didn"t have access to representation. There were no groups to represent them: now: 700+ organizations have been founded.
