The American Democracy, 10th Edition (Patterson)Chapter 9:
Interest Groups: Organizing for InfluenceChapter Outline
- The Interest-Group System
- Economic Groups
- Citizens' Groups
- The Organizational Edge: Economic Groups vs. Citizens' Groups
- Unequal Access to Resources
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Size
- Inside Lobbying: Seeking Influence through Official Contacts
- Acquiring Access to Officials
- Lobbying Congress
- Lobbying Executive Agencies
- Lobbying the Courts
- Webs of Influence: Groups in the Policy Process
- Iron Triangles
- Issue Networks
- Outside Lobbying: Seeking Influence through Public Pressure
- Constituency Advocacy: Grassroots Lobbying
- Electoral Action: Votes and PAC Money
- The Group System: Indispensable but Biased
- The Contribution of Groups to Self-Government: Pluralism
- Flaws in Pluralism: Interest-Group Liberalism and Economic Bias
- A Madisonian Dilemma
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