POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Grassroots Lobbying, Advocacy Group, Grand Jury
28 Oct 2016
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Interest groups: an organization of people who share common political interests and aim to influence public policy by electioneering and lobbying. Lobbying: efforts to influence public policy through contact with public officials on behalf of an interest group. Coercion: required participation; a method of eliminating nonparticipation or free riding by potential group members by requiring participation (i. e. labor unions) Selective incentives: benefits given only to the members of a given interest group (i. e. aaa) Direct lobbying: attempts by interest group staff to influence policy by speaking with elected officials or bureaucrats. Contact elected officials, members of the president"s staff, and bureaucrats in the executive branch. Grassroots lobbying: strategy that relies on participation by group members, such as a protest or a letter-writing campaign. Useful because elected officials do not like going against large groups of people. Only work with large numbers of people.
