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Amer Gov
Chap 9
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Undergraduate 4
03/28/2011

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Interest Group
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An organized group of individuals that seeks to influence public policy. aka Lobby
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Lobbyist
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A representative of an interest group
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Agenda building
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the process by which new issues are brought into the political limelight
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Program Monitoring
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Keeping Track of government programs; usually done by interest groups
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Interest group entrepreneur
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An interest group organizer or leader
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free-rider problem
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The situation in which people benefit from the activities of an organization (such as an interest group) but do not contribute to those activities
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trade association
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an organization that represents firms withing a particular industry.
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Political action committee (PAC)
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An organization that pools campaign contributions from group members and donates those funds to candidates for political office
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Direct Lobbying
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Attempts to influence a legislators vote through personal contact with the legislator
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Grassroots lobbying
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Lobbying activities performed by rank-and-file interest group members and would-be members
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information campaign
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An organized effort to gain public backing by bringing a group's views to public attention
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Coalition building
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the banding together of several interest groups for the purpose of lobbying
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Citizen Group
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Lobbying organization built around policy concerns unrelated to members vocational interests
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