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Power & Choice, 8/e
W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota---Minneapolis
Structured Conflict: Interest Groups and Politics

Chapter Outline


I. Introduction: interest groups defined

II. Interest groups and representation
  1. Barriers to interest groups articulating and representing people's wishes
    1. not all interest groups well organized (producer groups usually best ones)
    2. some groups command disproportionate voice in interest group system because they have special advantages
    3. most interest groups are not organized democratically; their leaders are not closely responsive to members' wishes
    4. Box: The Logic of Collective Action

III. Types of interest groups
  1. sectoral
  2. institutional
  3. promotional

IV. Tactics of interest groups
  1. Control of information and expertise
  2. Electoral activity
  3. Use of economic power
    1. threat of economic disruption
    2. contributions to political candidates
  1. Public information campaigns
  2. Violence and disruption
  3. Litigation

V. Social movements

VI. Patterns of organized interest group activity
  1. degree or organization
  2. degree of direct involvement of interest groups in government administration

VII. Pluralism

VIII. Neocorporatism

IX. Power and Choice

X. Examples:
  1. Interest groups in France
  2. Interest groups in Japan: attenuated neocorporatism








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