The Logic of American Politics Chapter 13 Interest Groups

Grassroots Lobbying

Mobilized members to send messages that reiterate the group's demands to their senators and representative. Lobbying conducted by rank and file members of an interest group.

Insider Tactics

Depends on personal access to government officials and work through mutually beneficial exchanges between lobbyists and politicians.

Interest Groups

Organized groups that rally around a singular interest. Basically the same as political parties but not able to have candidates.

Lobbying

Appeals from citizens and groups for favorable policies and decisions.

Lobbyists

Professionals who are hired agents that specialize to represent hirers before legislatures and executive agencies.

Moral Incentives

The personal satisfactions of active self-expression.

Outsider Tactics

Do not require any personal contact with politicians and may take the form of implicit or explicit threats (real pressure) rather than offers of reciprocally helpful exchanges.

Policy Gridlock

Political paralysis int he face of pressing national problems.

Public Interest Lobby

A group that promotes some conception of the public interest rather than the narrowly defined economic interest of its members.

Selective Incentives

Benefits that can be denied to individuals who do not join and contribute.

Social Movements

Amorphous aggregates of people sharing general values and a desire for social change.