PSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Federalist No. 10, Voluntary Association, American Farm Bureau Federation
17 Dec 2019
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Psc 101-008 chapter 7 notes - interest groups and business power. Factions - madison"s term for interest groups and narrow political parties that try to advance their own interests at the expense of the public good. This position was argued for in federalist no. Interest groups help attain democracy/public interest - Pluralism - the political science position that american politics and government is best understood in terms of the interaction, conflict, and bargaining of groups contradictory to evils-of-faction argument. Better communicators of specific interests than nonspecific elections. All types of individuals can have their views taken into account by a public official (more responsive and democratic government) Types of interest groups: private interest groups - seeks to protect or advance the material interests of its members rather than society at large, usually economic interests (the type madison was more concerned about, business. Large corporations can lobby (attempt by interest groups to influence the behavior of a public official)
