PPT-Interest Groups are organizations that try to achieve at least some of their goals with

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. Civil Society, Interest Group Systems, and the Media. Part 1: What is Civil Society?. The student will be able to identify the three/four factors that establish civil society.. A Civil Society Is…. 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. 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). ®. American Government and Politics. Unit III – Political . Parties (8) . and Interest . Groups (11). Part 2 – Interest Groups. What is an interest group?. Also called an “advocacy group”. Organization of people with shared policy goals that try to influence the political process to achieve those goals. AP Comparative Government. Political Institutions. Political institutions . are structures of a political system that carry out the work of governing. Just because countries have the same types of institutions does not mean that those institutions have the same powers. Tactics, and Federal Regulation . Interest groups’ tactics for attempting to influence . government . action (or inaction) fall in to 4 general categories:. 1) Lobbying. 2) Electioneering. 3) Litigation. 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.. 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. 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. 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.. 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?. 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, . interest. M. ajor . cause u. nequal . distribution of . property. S. econdary . cause ,. diversity . of group . opinions concerning . religion, concerning government, and attachment to different leaders.