Exam 11: Interest Groups

What are James Q. Wilson's four categories of incentives that underlie the interior dynamics of interest groups? List and discuss.

What was the role of rational choice theory in the evolution of political science in the 1950s and 1960s?

Which organizational theorist said that "the formal structure of the organization is the single most important key to its functioning"?

Some see lobbying as a shadowy and rather undemocratic activity, while others argue that it is simply an extension of freedom of expression and the right to petition government. Do you think lobbying is mainly democratic or undemocratic? Explain your answer.

Dependency on charitable donations, foundation grants or government funding makes a group's finances more vulnerable than dependence on required contributions from its members.

What does Paul Pross mean by institutional groups?

Which government institution saw the number of active lobbyist registrations go from 60 in 2006 to 2,088 in 2018?

Why is it advantageous for some interest groups to remain "in the shadows"?

What is a benefit that government relations firms provide to their clients?

Which of the following tactics will be most successful to groups whose interests are significantly affected by regulation?

Discuss the current number of interest groups in Canada.

Which term refers to an explanation of politics that sees organized interests as the central fact of political life and which explains politics chiefly in terms of the activities of groups?

Which of the following is not among the incentive categories James Q. Wilson identifies that underlie the interior dynamics of interest groups?

"Political factions" are interest groups outside the government that want to change government.

Which type of lobbyists are senior paid officers and other employees of organizations whose activities would include lobbying federal officials?

Which of the following is not a category of lobbyists provided for in the Lobbyists Registration Act?

In the United States, which concept has been used to describe the closed system of relations between an interest group and the administrative agencies and congressional committees with which it routinely deals?

What is some evidence from government-sponsored commissions that helps us understand the sense of activity in interest groups?

Neo-institutionalism is the theory that intergovernmental organizations like the United Nations guide government policy.

Most interest groups have the resources to pay for public relations firms, polling companies and professional lobbyists.