POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: National Governors Association, American Conservative Union, Political Action Committee
7 Dec 2015
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Formation of factions was inevitable because of the way the constitution was set up. Ex: corporate groups v public groups on the other side of the. In a given policy area, you can"t have one group that"s completely dominant, so you need competition in order to ensure that the policies enacted will represent the public as a whole. Unequal distribution of money, information, access to policy makers, skills, bargaining power between groups. Access to policy makers monopolized by certain groups. If groups collude with one another for personal gain and public good is bypassed. Interest group leadership not democratically controlled, if people can"t elect the leaders. Specialized guilds organized politically- free masons, brick guild . Farm organizations to represent the massive amounts of people who worked in agriculture. Trade and professional organizations: continued fragmentation of older interest groups and increasing division between groups with similar broad interest goals. Contemporary interest groups: reasons for growth.
