PPT-Vocabulary Interest groups- Groups that hope to influence gov’t officials to create

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. 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 . 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.. Political Parties, . and . Mass Media. Unit 4. 1. PAY ATTENTION. 2. Lesson . 20. 136-148. (5.1. ) . Interest Groups Past and Present. – . (5.2. ) . Types of Interest Groups. 3. WHAT WERE INTEREST GROUPS ACCORDING TO JAMES MADISON. 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. The media are . Watchdogs. in the political System - keeping politics accountable. As such, they are expected to present an . unbias . opinion. . The media is a tool people can use to pressure and persuade the government, public opinion is very important to democracy. Bicameral Legislature. Bicameral=2 Part. House of Representatives. 435 members (Representatives). Senate. 100 members (Senators). Why is there such a difference in the #’s?. What is the . L. egislative Branch?. 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.. Warmup. Interest Groups and Mass Media. Unit 5 Part III . The ideas and attitudes that people hold about an issue or person. What is public opinion?. Personal Background – . age, gender, income, race, . Lowi. , Ginsberg, . Shepsle. , . Ansolabehere. Groups and Interests. Chapter 13. The Pull and Push of Groups and Interests. There is a . “. pull. ”. and a . “. push. ”. organizing political activity in the United . 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. 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. Warmup. Interest Groups and Mass Media. Unit 5 Part III . The ideas and attitudes that people hold about an issue or person. What is public opinion?. Personal Background – . age, gender, income, race, .