POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Theodore J. Lowi
15 Dec 2016
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Modern government has moved from exercising its traditional role as an authoritative allocator of society"s resources, to being a competitor in the demand system: governments are responsible for declining values in society. As states become involved in the establishment of social programs, they compete for the required resources with other sectors: they also need to continually seek legitimation for these programs. They need special interest groups + public support. Functions of interest groups: organizations whose members act together to influence policy in order to promote their common interests: they also seek support among other groups through advocacy, they influence the decision making process. Lobby groups act as agents of political socialization. Governments may often encourage the creation of special interest groups: areas where there"s a social problem and citizens aren"t being organized. Governments can use lobbying to cloak policy changes: white papers . Meant to interest people in a specific group.
