PPT-Interest Groups, and Beyond

Interest Groups an organized group of people with common goals actively attempting to influence policymakers government Lobbyist an individual who attempts to influence legislation and government decisions. AP Government. Interest Groups. Interest Group. An . interest group is an organization of people with similar policy goals who enter the political process to try to achieve a particular policy . goal. 22.04.2014 , Riga. Agnes Karpati. LECTURE OUTLINE. INTRODUCTION. INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS. LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. LOBBYING. EXAMPLES. REGULATION OF LOBBY. PRACTICE. WORKSHOP CHALLENGES. CONCLUSION. The spoon, the cup and the bucket. Which of the following is the most powerful?. Voters. Government Agencies (Bureaucracy). Elected Officials. Political Parties. Special Interest Groups (SIG’s). (Average American is represented by interest groups - SIG’s influence all of these). C. ategorize them as: economic, environmental, equality, consumer/public interest, or professional/government. Which types benefit non-members, as well as members?. Bellringer. Interest Groups. Chapter 9 . Informational Meeting. Check out the NPHS Website under ACTIVITIES. Click on Clubs & Interest Groups for All . the Info & Forms. Sign In. One representative from each Club or Group needs to sign in. Please include the following and write neatly:. Interest Groups and Lobbyists. Interest Groups – organizations dedicated to a political goal or goals. Examples: NAACP, AMA, Sierra Club. Interest groups engage in lobbying. Origin: people would wait in the lobby of the Capitol trying to get to legislators as they came and went.. 11. .04.2014 . , Riga. Agnes . Kasper. LECTURE OUTLINE. INTRODUCTION. INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS. LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. LOBBYING. EXAMPLES. REGULATION OF LOBBY. Policy process . What is policy?. Public policy process in brief. A striking feature of American politics is the extent to which political parties are supplemented by private associations formed to influence public policy. These organizations . . . promote their interests by attempting to influence government rather than by nominating candidates. . . . Such groups, while they may call themselves non-political, are engaged in politics; in the main theirs is a politics of policy.. How can a common citizen participate in government? . Voting—most frequent. Informal group/collective action (common interest). Direct contact with policymaker on personal matter. Direct contact with policymaker on policy issue. organization or people with shared policy goals entering the policy process at several points to try to achieve those goals. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. Warm Up?. What are the kinds of services provided by Government Agencies?. Enforcing Laws. EQ: Explain the various types of government agencies as well as how citizens can stay informed and participate in government?. Special Interest Groups . “In no country in the world has the principle of association been more successfully used or applied to a greater multiple of objects than in America.”. -- Alexis do Tocqueville. What is an Interest Group?. It is an association of people who hold similar views or goals and try to influence public policy at every level of government. Interest Groups offer Americans an important means of influencing U.S. public policy. They are formed around many issues, such as public interest, social issues and economics.. Students?. Potato Farmers?. Schools?. Types of Interest Groups. Public Interest. Economic Interests. Professional Groups. Ideological Groups. Single-Issue Groups. Types of Interest Groups. Public Interest.