Question 1

What group or groups do interest groups over-represent?

Accepted Answer

A) The wealthy and specialized interest groups 
B) Businesses and non-profit organizations 
C) The wealthy and businesses 
D) The larger interest groups and specialized interest groups 
A) The wealthy and specialized interest groups 
B) Businesses and non-profit organizations 
C) The wealthy and businesses 
D) The larger interest groups and specialized interest groups C

Question 2

What makes interest groups especially powerful and influential? Why? Should anything be done to control the power and influence of interest groups? Why or why not.

Accepted Answer

1. Address the characteristics that make interest groups powerful and influential, touching upon political culture, the rise of big money, the rise of single-issue groups, and more.
2. Explain why these factors contribute to their power and influence.
3. Evaluate the potential of shortening campaigns, and limiting the money involved in election campaigns.
4. Assess precisely why or why not, considering the difference in American culture and the cultures of those nations which do curb the power and influence of interest groups, as well as they effectiveness of curbs, or lack thereof.
5. Provide examples and a compelling and thoughtful conclusion.

Question 3

How did much of U.S.finance come to be little supervised after Reagan's tenure as president?

Accepted Answer

A) Congress has generally delivered whatever the finance industry specified, and regulations and safeguards were rolled back. 
B) Presidents have generally delivered whatever the finance industry specified, and regulations and safeguards were rolled back. 
C) Congress has generally delivered whatever the finance industry specified, save the regulations and safeguards the industry pushed. 
D) Citizens have generally pushed against most legislation having to do with the finance industry, including regulations and safeguards related to the finance industry. 
A) Congress has generally delivered whatever the finance industry specified, and regulations and safeguards were rolled back. 
B) Presidents have generally delivered whatever the finance industry specified, and regulations and safeguards were rolled back. 
C) Congress has generally delivered whatever the finance industry specified, save the regulations and safeguards the industry pushed. 
D) Citizens have generally pushed against most legislation having to do with the finance industry, including regulations and safeguards related to the finance industry. A

Question 4

Why is the democratic playing field uneven?

Accepted Answer

A) Some groups are rich and well-connected. 
B) The relatively frequent use of violence by some groups can intimidate others. 
C) Some groups give substantial amounts of money directly to the citizenry. 
D) There are more working class and poor people and they regularly organize themselves to get a larger piece of the pie. 
A) Some groups are rich and well-connected. 
B) The relatively frequent use of violence by some groups can intimidate others. 
C) Some groups give substantial amounts of money directly to the citizenry. 
D) There are more working class and poor people and they regularly organize themselves to get a larger piece of the pie.

Question 5

Interest groups are separate from the legislature in __________, but they are integrated into the legislature in .

Accepted Answer

the United

Question 6

When interest groups approach the __________ it may not be in need of or want of a new law, but merely favorable interpretation of existing rules and regulations.

Accepted Answer

A) courts 
B) corporate world 
C) public 
D) administration 
A) courts 
B) corporate world 
C) public 
D) administration

Question 7

What are the various strategies employed by interest groups to accomplish their goals? Discuss each of these strategies along with their effectiveness.Which of these strategies are utilized the most and why? Provide examples of each.

Accepted Answer

1. Describe the various strategies emplo

Question 8

What U.S.groups that are underrepresented by interest groups took to the street in inner-city riots in the 1960s, thus demonstrating what group or groups might do when they cannot express their grievances through legitimate channels?

Accepted Answer

A) Poor and Hispanics 
B) African Americans and women 
C) Poor and African Americans 
D) Hispanic Americans and women 
A) Poor and Hispanics 
B) African Americans and women 
C) Poor and African Americans 
D) Hispanic Americans and women

Question 9

In countries where __________, the courts become an arena of interest-group contention.

Accepted Answer

A) public defenders are unavailable 
B) the rule of law is strong 
C) judges have little power 
D) the rule of law is weak 
A) public defenders are unavailable 
B) the rule of law is strong 
C) judges have little power 
D) the rule of law is weak

Question 10

Bureaucracies have become big, and powerful, developing __________ of their own.

Accepted Answer

A) candidates 
B) interests 
C) political parties 
D) media outlets 
A) candidates 
B) interests 
C) political parties 
D) media outlets

Question 11

Why did the 2010 healthcare reform bill contain no provision for public insurance options?

Accepted Answer

A) The insurance industry blocked them. 
B) The people had no desire for a public option. 
C) Democrats paid more attention to the private option. 
D) Farmers, heavily invested in the insurance industry, blocked them. 
A) The insurance industry blocked them. 
B) The people had no desire for a public option. 
C) Democrats paid more attention to the private option. 
D) Farmers, heavily invested in the insurance industry, blocked them.

Question 12

__________ interest groups attract those aiming at religious, environmental, or gender goals.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ interest groups attract those aiming at...

Question 13

How was the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that states could not arbitrarily restrict a woman's right to an abortion connected to the phenomenon of single-issue groups? The ruling __________.

Accepted Answer

A) catalyzed Jews, Muslim fundamentalists, and others to form the "pro-life" movement, which in turn, spurred the formation of "pro-choice" groups 
B) catalyzed Roman Catholics, Protestant fundamentalists, and others to form the "pro-life" movement, which in turn, spurred the formation of "pro-choice" groups 
C) failed to catalyze Roman Catholics, Protestant fundamentalists, and others to form a "pro-life" movement, but the formation of "pro-choice" groups was spurred 
D) catalyzed Roman Catholics, Protestant fundamentalists, and others to form the "pro-life" movement, which in turn, yet no "pro-choice" groups formed in reaction 
A) catalyzed Jews, Muslim fundamentalists, and others to form the "pro-life" movement, which in turn, spurred the formation of "pro-choice" groups 
B) catalyzed Roman Catholics, Protestant fundamentalists, and others to form the "pro-life" movement, which in turn, spurred the formation of "pro-choice" groups 
C) failed to catalyze Roman Catholics, Protestant fundamentalists, and others to form a "pro-life" movement, but the formation of "pro-choice" groups was spurred 
D) catalyzed Roman Catholics, Protestant fundamentalists, and others to form the "pro-life" movement, which in turn, yet no "pro-choice" groups formed in reaction

Question 14

How well do interest groups serve the needs of the average citizen?

Accepted Answer

A) The small businessperson, the poorly informed citizen, and minority groups with little money tend to be represented by interest groups, whether they know it or not and therefore are rarely lost in the push and pull of larger interests and government. 
B) The small businessperson, the poorly informed citizen, and minority groups acquire large stores of money, thus resisting the possibility of being lost in the push and pull of larger interests and government. 
C) The large businessperson, the well informed citizen, and well-represented groups with extensive cash access are still just as often as not lost in the push and pull of other larger interests and government. 
D) The small businessperson, the poorly informed citizen, and minority groups with little money tend to get lost in the push and pull of larger interests and government. 
A) The small businessperson, the poorly informed citizen, and minority groups with little money tend to be represented by interest groups, whether they know it or not and therefore are rarely lost in the push and pull of larger interests and government. 
B) The small businessperson, the poorly informed citizen, and minority groups acquire large stores of money, thus resisting the possibility of being lost in the push and pull of larger interests and government. 
C) The large businessperson, the well informed citizen, and well-represented groups with extensive cash access are still just as often as not lost in the push and pull of other larger interests and government. 
D) The small businessperson, the poorly informed citizen, and minority groups with little money tend to get lost in the push and pull of larger interests and government.

Question 15

Because __________ action either way angers one group or another certain issues are "hot potatoes."

Accepted Answer

A) economic 
B) union 
C) coalition 
D) government 
A) economic 
B) union 
C) coalition 
D) government

Question 16

Issues tend to be silenced by political candidates who attempt to appeal to as broad a segment of the voting public as possible, especially in __________ systems.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Issues tend to be silenced by political...

Question 17

How is Rousseau's emphasis on the "general will" over and above the "particular wills" that make up society related to interest groups?

Accepted Answer

A) With legislators and executives attuned to interest groups, it's often as if no one is considering the interests of the whole country. 
B) With legislators and the judiciary attuned to interest groups, it's often as if no one is considering the interests of the whole country. 
C) With legislators and executives attuned to the "citizens' lobby," it's often as if no one is considering the interests of the corporate community. 
D) With legislators and executives attuned to interest groups, it's often as if no one is considering the interests of politics at the local level. 
A) With legislators and executives attuned to interest groups, it's often as if no one is considering the interests of the whole country. 
B) With legislators and the judiciary attuned to interest groups, it's often as if no one is considering the interests of the whole country. 
C) With legislators and executives attuned to the "citizens' lobby," it's often as if no one is considering the interests of the corporate community. 
D) With legislators and executives attuned to interest groups, it's often as if no one is considering the interests of politics at the local level.

Question 18

How is interest-group activity viewed in France?

Accepted Answer

A) With great admiration 
B) As without real impact 
C) As dirty and it is looked down upon 
D) As opaque and mysterious 
A) With great admiration 
B) As without real impact 
C) As dirty and it is looked down upon 
D) As opaque and mysterious

Question 19

The power that Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has over the Diet illustrates that bureaucracies sometimes __________.

Accepted Answer

turn into

Question 20

How are Germany and Sweden exemplars of complete public financing?

Accepted Answer

A) Each uses tax dollars to fund election campaigns. 
B) Each tries to limit campaign spending. 
C) Both subsidize parties after the election based on how many votes they received and parliamentary seats they won. 
D) Both allow corporate funds to subsidize the use of government tax dollars to fund election campaigns. 
A) Each uses tax dollars to fund election campaigns. 
B) Each tries to limit campaign spending. 
C) Both subsidize parties after the election based on how many votes they received and parliamentary seats they won. 
D) Both allow corporate funds to subsidize the use of government tax dollars to fund election campaigns.

What group or groups do interest groups over-represent?

What makes interest groups especially powerful and influential? Why? Should anything be done to control the power and influence of interest groups? Why or why not.

How did much of U.S.finance come to be little supervised after Reagan's tenure as president?

Why is the democratic playing field uneven?

Interest groups are separate from the legislature in __________, but they are integrated into the legislature in .

When interest groups approach the __________ it may not be in need of or want of a new law, but merely favorable interpretation of existing rules and regulations.

What are the various strategies employed by interest groups to accomplish their goals? Discuss each of these strategies along with their effectiveness.Which of these strategies are utilized the most and why? Provide examples of each.

What U.S.groups that are underrepresented by interest groups took to the street in inner-city riots in the 1960s, thus demonstrating what group or groups might do when they cannot express their grievances through legitimate channels?

In countries where __________, the courts become an arena of interest-group contention.

Bureaucracies have become big, and powerful, developing __________ of their own.

Why did the 2010 healthcare reform bill contain no provision for public insurance options?

__________ interest groups attract those aiming at religious, environmental, or gender goals.

How was the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that states could not arbitrarily restrict a woman's right to an abortion connected to the phenomenon of single-issue groups? The ruling __________.

How well do interest groups serve the needs of the average citizen?

Because __________ action either way angers one group or another certain issues are "hot potatoes."

Issues tend to be silenced by political candidates who attempt to appeal to as broad a segment of the voting public as possible, especially in __________ systems.

How is Rousseau's emphasis on the "general will" over and above the "particular wills" that make up society related to interest groups?

How is interest-group activity viewed in France?

The power that Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has over the Diet illustrates that bureaucracies sometimes __________.

How are Germany and Sweden exemplars of complete public financing?

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Exam 10: Interest Groups

What group or groups do interest groups over-represent?

What makes interest groups especially powerful and influential? Why? Should anything be done to control the power and influence of interest groups? Why or why not.

How did much of U.S.finance come to be little supervised after Reagan's tenure as president?

Why is the democratic playing field uneven?

Interest groups are separate from the legislature in __________, but they are integrated into the legislature in .

When interest groups approach the __________ it may not be in need of or want of a new law, but merely favorable interpretation of existing rules and regulations.

What are the various strategies employed by interest groups to accomplish their goals? Discuss each of these strategies along with their effectiveness.Which of these strategies are utilized the most and why? Provide examples of each.

What U.S.groups that are underrepresented by interest groups took to the street in inner-city riots in the 1960s, thus demonstrating what group or groups might do when they cannot express their grievances through legitimate channels?

In countries where __________, the courts become an arena of interest-group contention.

Bureaucracies have become big, and powerful, developing __________ of their own.

Why did the 2010 healthcare reform bill contain no provision for public insurance options?

__________ interest groups attract those aiming at religious, environmental, or gender goals.

How was the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that states could not arbitrarily restrict a woman's right to an abortion connected to the phenomenon of single-issue groups? The ruling __________.

How well do interest groups serve the needs of the average citizen?

Because __________ action either way angers one group or another certain issues are "hot potatoes."

Issues tend to be silenced by political candidates who attempt to appeal to as broad a segment of the voting public as possible, especially in __________ systems.

How is Rousseau's emphasis on the "general will" over and above the "particular wills" that make up society related to interest groups?

How is interest-group activity viewed in France?

The power that Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has over the Diet illustrates that bureaucracies sometimes __________.

How are Germany and Sweden exemplars of complete public financing?

Politics and Political Science

Theories

Political Ideologies

States

Constitutions and Rights

Regimes

Political Culture

Public Opinion

Political Communication

Parties

Elections

Legislatures

Executives and Bureaucracies

Judiciaries

Political Economy

Violence and Revolution

International Relations

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