POLI 2051 Lecture 7: Lecture-ch7b
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Interest groups: definition and types of groups. Occupational groups roughly coincide with the private. Non-occupational groups public interests in your text, for the most part. Collective benefits benefits that accrue to everyone regardless of whether they are group members or not. Selective benefits benefits that go only to group members. The free rider problem people who receive the benefits the group has won without paying any of the costs (time or money generally). Material - money or other services available to. Purposive - using the appeal of the organizations stated goals to attract members members. Solidary - the sense of pleasure, status, or companionship that arises out of meeting with like minded others. Influencing public policy - goal: to influence public policy. How do they do this? by supplying public officials with things they need. *read about what interest groups do in your text. A distinction is made between the inside game and the outside game.
