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| Everything from peaceful sit-ins and demonstrations to riots and even rebellion |
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| Computer-generated letters, faxes and other communications to people who might be sympathetic to an appeal for money or support. |
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| Problem that arises when people can enjoy the benefits of group activity without bearing any of the costs. |
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| Efforts by groups and associations to influence elected officials indirectly, by arousing their constituents. |
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| Organization or association of people with common interests that engages in politics on behalf of its members. |
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| Advertising campaigns that attempt to influence public opinion on an issue. |
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| Loose, competitive relationship among policy experts, interest groups, congressional committees, and government agencies. |
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| Interest-group activities intended to influence directly the decisions that public officials make. |
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| One who engages in lobbying. |
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| political action committee (PAC) |
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| Specialized organization for raising and contributing campaign funds. |
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| People willing to assume the cost of forming and maintaining an organization even when others may free-ride on them. |
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| Goods enjoyed simultaneously by a group, as opposed to a private good that must be divided up to shared. |
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| Side benefits of belonging to an organization that are limited to contributing members of the organization. |
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| An interest group narrowly focused to influence policy on a single issue. |
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| Broad-based demand for government action on some problem or issue, such as civil rights for blacks and women or environmental protection. |
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| Alliance of a congressional committee, a bureaucratic agency, and a small number of allied interest groups that combine to dominate policy in some specified policy area. |
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