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Power and Choice Chapter 12
"Interest Groups" Terms and Definitions
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
04/06/2008

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interest group

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an organized group of citizens that has as one of its goals the ensuring of the state abiding by certain policies

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selective incentive

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benefits that an organization offers its members in addition to the central political purposes of the organization

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sectoral interest group

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a group representing a section of the economy.  Examples are trade unions, professional associations, corporations, and trade associations

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institutional interest group

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a group that is primarily set up for some purpose other than political activity but becomes politically active to defend its interests in the policy decisions decisions of the state

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promotional interest group

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the "typical" interest group -- an organized group  of citizens, one of whose primary purposes is to affect the policies of the state

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pluralism

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a system of government and interest groups in which all interests organize and compete freely, with no one group dominating, and in which the government is open to pressure from the groups so that policy is largely the outcome of groups' competing pressures

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neocorporatism

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a system of government and interest groups in which all interests are organized  -- but instead of responding to groups' pressures -- the government actively involves the groups themselves in the job of governing.  The active governmental role distinguishes neocorporatism

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