Term
Business or Professional Association groups
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Definition
Entry into the occupation or employment requires one to
join. They include anything from the AMA, the ABA, and Unions to the USCTA. Not joining usually equates to a fine or the loss of opportunity to work or participate.
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Term
Multi-Issue Interest Associations
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Definition
These are voluntary groups and often pursue a variety of issues
under an umbrella of a single general focus. Examples of umbrella
issues include civil rights, small business interests, etc. Examples of
groups include the NFIB, NAACP, Common Cause and Amnesty International.
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Term
Single-Issue Interest Associations
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Definition
These are also voluntary groups ;but the members are more
focused on a single goal... pro-life, drunk driving, animal rights, etc.
Examples include the NRA, PETA, MADD...
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Term
Multi-issue interest groups and single-issue interest groups
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Definition
may
represent
private interests
where the membership expect to receive a
specific (usually economic) benefit (NFIB). However, they are more likely to represent the
public interest
where the ―benefits‖ of their efforts will be dispersed and not necessarily received or only indirectly received by the members themselves.
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Term
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Definition
A collective bad is
something that hurts the community or public indiscriminately (such
as drunk driving, pollution, illiteracy, environmental degradation, nuclear power plants, etc.).
NIMBY
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