front 1 Interest Groups | back 1 Voluntary association of people who come together with the global of getting the policies that they favor enacted. |
front 2 Social Movements | back 2 Diffuse groups that educate the public and put pressure on policymakers in an effort to bring about societal change. |
front 3 Policy Agenda | back 3 The set of issues to which government officials, voters, and the public are paying attention. |
front 4 Collective Action | back 4 Political action that occurs when individuals contribute their energy, time, or money to a larger group goal. |
front 5 Collective Good | back 5 Also called a public good; a public benefit that individuals can enjoy or profit from even if they do not help to achieve it. |
front 6 Free Rider Problem | back 6 Individuals who enjoy collected goods and benefit from the actions of an interest group without joining. |
front 7 Selective Benefits | back 7 Benefits available only to those who join the group. |
front 8 Economic Interest Groups | back 8 Groups advocating on behalf of the financial interest of their member |
front 9 Public Interest Groups | back 9 Groups that act on behalf of the collective interest of a broad group of individuals. |
front 10 Single - Issue Groups | back 10 Associations focusing on one specific area of public policy, often a moral issue about which they are unwilling to compromise. |
front 11 Lobbying | back 11 Interacting with government officials in order to advance a groups’ public policy goals. |
front 12 Revolving Door | back 12 The moment of individuals between positions in government and lobbying positions. |
front 13 Amicus Curiae Briefs | back 13 A brief filed by someone who is not a party to a case in an attempt to persuade the court to agree with the arguments set forth in the brief. |
front 14 Iron Triangle | back 14 The coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of the bureaucracy, congress, and the interest groups to achieve shared policy goals. |
front 15 Issue Network | back 15 The webs of influence between interest groups, policymakers, and policy advocates. |
front 16 Grassroot Lobbying | back 16 Mobilizing interest group members to pressure their representatives by contracting them directly through phone calls, email, and social media. |
front 17 Protest | back 17 A public demonstration designed to call attention to the need for change |
front 18 Civil Disobedience | back 18 Internationally breaking a law to call attention to an injustice. |
front 19 Occupy Wall Street | back 19 A protest movement against social and economic inequality, corporate influence in politics, and the power of large corporations. |