Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Interest Groups
collection of people with
a common interest who
seek to influence
government
- Lobbyist, a person employed by an
interest group to influence policy
decisions/positions in the
executive/legislative branches
- Lobbying; engaging in activities aimed
at influencing public officials,
especially legislators, and the policies
they enact.
- BIGGER STEP -> Movement; large body of people involved in
an issue/idea/concern of continuing
significance and are willing to take action to
change policies/ attitudes/institutions
- Types of interest groups
- Economic: labor, trade, and professional
- Ideological/single-issue
- Foreign Policy
- Nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs)
- Public sector
- Public interest
- Others