Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Amicus Curiae, Mass Society, Alexis De Tocqueville

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

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Lecture 15 interest groups and social movements march 6/18. Aim to influence not become the government. Like parties, emerged alongside representative government: class, ethnicity, region, religion. Institutional parts of government: the bulk of interest groups, membership = issue based, (cid:862)a (cid:272)o(cid:373)plex (cid:449)e(cid:271) of (cid:272)o(cid:373)peti(cid:374)g i(cid:374)terests(cid:863) Sectional advance interests of business owners. Promotional wwf, social groups organize people who care about animals, social issues, etc. , have a broad vision. Try to influence: bureaucracy, legislature, courts amicus curiae (cid:894)(cid:862)frie(cid:374)d of the (cid:272)ourt(cid:863)(cid:895, parties, media. Cultural change reinterpretation of the 2nd amendment: (cid:862)a (cid:449)ell-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the. Right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be i(cid:374)fri(cid:374)ged(cid:863) French revolution: cleared away established interests specialized guilds, aristocratic power structures, french provinces, etc, ba(cid:374)(cid:374)ed i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t (cid:449)orkers(cid:859) asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374)s, repu(cid:271)li(cid:272) as (cid:862)o(cid:374)e a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)di(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le(cid:863) De tocqueville: modern democracy is best grounded on a variety of interests, associations, etc: join other people in pursuit of these interests.