POLS 1150 Lecture 8: Interest Group Lecture Notes

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Interest groups: interest groups defined, act as intermediaries between the people and the government, both interest groups and political parties play this role c, conveyors of demand from the people onto the government itself. Interest groups - organizations whose goal it is to influence government policy i) Figure out what interests or issues need to be advanced within government: smallest unit of analysis in american government is not individuals, but groups i) ii) Likeminded individuals who come together to pressure government is how we ultimately explain political behavior. Represent ordinary citizens and interests before a government. Educate their members on the issues that are before government. Educate the elected officials in government about the issues that they care about, officials rely on lobbyists to educate them vi) vii) Program monitoring and accountability, informing the people as to what is taking place within government and how well programs are working, make government actions more transparent.

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