 | Term | Definition |
| | interest group | is an organization of people with similar policy goals who enter the political process to try to achieve those aims. |
| | Pluralist theory | argues that interest group activity brings representation to all. |
| | elite theory | argues that a few groups have most of the power. |
| | hyperpluralist theory | asserts that too many groups are getting too much of what they want resulting in government policy that is often contradictoryy and lacking in direction. |
| | subgovernments | are composed of key interest groups leaders interested in policy. |
| | potential group | is composed of all people who might be group members because they share some common interest |
| | actual group | is composed of those in the potential group who choose to join. |
| | collective good | iis something of calie such as clean air that cannot be withheld from a potential group member. |
| | free rider problem | a perfectly rational response is thus to sit back and let other people do the work |
| | olson's law of large groups | the begger group the more serious the free rider problem. " the larger the group the further it will fall short of providing an optimal amount of a collective good |
| | selective benefits | are goods that a group can rstrict to those who pay their yearly dues such as information publications. |
| | single issue group | can be defined as a group that has a narrow interest dislikes compromise and single midedly pursues its goal. |
| | lobbying | comes from the place wher petitioners used to collar legislatures. |
| | electioneering | aiding candidates finacially and getting group members out to support them. |
| | political action commitees | provide a means for groups to participate in electioneering. |
| | amicus ciriae briefs | consiste of written arguments submitted to the courts in support of one side of a case. |
| | class action lawsuits | enable a group of people in a similar situation to combinve their common grievances into a single suit. |
| | union shop | requires new employees to join the union representing them. |
| | right to work laws | outlaw union membership as a condition of employment. |
| | public interest lobbies | are organizations that seek "a collective good the achievement of which will not selectivelyand materially benefit the membership or activists of the organization |
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