| Term | Definition |
|---|
| litigation | to take issue to court-effective:only need to convince 5 out of the 9 justices |
| direct lobbying | making as many face to face contacts as possible to get support & supply them with facts |
| grip and grin | go to meetings or conventions with senators to smile and convince for their support in issues |
| grassroots lobbying | get everyone local involved through letter writing campaigns and protests |
| direct mail | mail sent from interest groups to individual homes trying to get their support-not much feedback |
| coalition building | two different groups form to fight a single issue ex: business and environmental group fight toxic waste |
| trade association | group that represents businesses within certain industry ex: milk production agency reps interests with biz concerning milk products |
| PAC | committees formed to take contributions and give to support candidate that favors their issue the most |
| free rider problem | benefits given to people who don't donate to service ex: people watching public TV and never donating |
| lobby | an organized group of individuals that seeks to influence public policy (interest group) |
| lobbyist | a representative of an interest group |
| agenda building | th process by which interest groups make govt aware of issue and try to make them solve it |
| program monitoring | keeping track of govt programs, usually by interest group |
| interest group entrepreneur | an interest group leader or organizer |
| information campaign | an organized effort to gain public backing by bringing a group's views to public attention |
| membership bias | the tendency of some sectors of society-esp the wealthy, the highly educated, professionals, and those in biz-to organize more readily into interest groups |
| citizen group | lobbying organizations built around policy concerns unrelated to members' vocational interests ex:environ interest group |
| revolving door | people who take turns in jobs as lobbyist and congressmen-gain lots of govt experience |
Combine with other sets
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