POSC150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Press Release, Progressive Era, Exploratory Committee

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POSC150
• Professor: Jackson Zachary

Document Summary

Financial industry collapse of 2008: pluralist argument: Highly democraic: private interest groups: protect/seek interest of its members. Labor: unions, economic not ideological, decline in membership has weakened the power: public interest groups: seeks to protect/advance interest of the public. Consituion: 1st amendment right to peiion, press, speech, assembly, varity of access points. Federalism, checks and balances, separaion of powers, and contrast with unitary system. Diverse interest groups: interest takes organizaional forms such as racial, religious, ethnic, occupaional, ideological, regional industry lobbyist---google, facebook. More acive government: far more regulaion today----ex: inancial industry, hyper-compeiion in global economy-----ex: protecionist policies, government programs and iniiaives. Disturbances: groups form when interests are threatened. Inside games-involves direct, personal contact between interest group reps and gov"t oicials: ear marking---protects for consituents, bible verses persuasion---access is criical, lobbyists are former congressmen, staf, bureaucrats, inside game works best for narrow, technical issues, lobbying congress.