chap 9

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Interest groups in the United States tend to over-represent __________.

. business interests

8. The National Rifle Association generally supports __________ candidates.

Republican

14. Which statement explains why government bureaucracies tend to become influential interest groups?

a. Bureaucrats in specialized agencies have a major role in (crafting) legislation.

19. An interest group whose membership is dominated by retired persons is most likely to lobby __________.

a. for an expansion of Medicare benefits

24. The trend toward negative advertising in political campaigns is spurred in by __________.

a. the use of soft money

3. Tocqueville noted that Americans are unusually fond of __________.

b. forming associations

In order to prevent interest groups from influencing politics, it would be necessary to curtail their __________.

b. freedom of expression

15. Government programs tend to be difficult to cut back or eliminate in the United States because __________.

b. interest groups lobby to protect their benefits

10. Political parties differ from interest groups because parties __________.

b. must win elections to influence policy

17. In a weak state, interest groups _________.

b. often include powerful criminal gangs

20. Rousseau influenced French attitudes toward pluralism by arguing that __________.

b. the general will was more important than particular wills

42. Which statement explains the relationship between lobbying the executive branch and lobbying the legislative branch in the United States?

both branches

36. Interest groups typically approach __________ looking for a favorable interpretation of existing rules and regulations.

bureaucrats

22. Which statement describes how France differs from the United States with respect to the interest group system?

c. French interest groups operate in a more constrained atmosphere.

18. Which statement expresses a normative element of pluralism?

c. The government should support competition and interaction among interest groups.

12. Which of these statements describes the theory of countervailing power?

c. The influence of interest groups tends to balance out because groups emerge on both sides of any issue.

16. For interest groups to function properly, there must be __________.

c. a strong government

13. A government-created interest group is one that results from __________.

c. creation of a government program or bureaucracy

27. Which statement explains why a candidate for office in the United States would find the issue of abortion politically challenging?

catholic

40. Which of these concepts is most strongly associated with Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.?

civil disobedience

46. A "stalemate society" is one in which __________.

competing interest

The amount of money currently spent on lobbying the federal government is roughly $_________ per year

d. 9 billion

23. Which of these is a potential problem of corporatism?

d. Interest groups could supplant government as the source of social stability.

9. Which statement explains why the 2010 health care reform bill contained no provision for a public insurance option?

d. Lobbyists for the health insurance industry were able to convince Congress to drop consideration of a public option.

. In which of these ways is a pluralist most like the role an interest group plays in society?

d. Positive system.

6. Which group has the most influence over politics in the United States?

d. racial

21. A strong state is necessary for a healthy interest group environment because strong states have __________.

d. the ability to keep groups from acting outside the law

25. What are two reasons that elections are so much more expensive in the United States than in Western Europe?

d. the weakness of American political parties and the decentralized nomination process

28. Which of the following, if they existed in Germany, would dramatically change the way German national elections are financed?

donations

47. The Enron energy scandal and the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis illustrate which problem?

favors only

34. The Tobacco Institute maintains a low profile by __________ rather than operating in ways that are obvious to the public.

funding

37. When an industry such as coal or cotton advertises on television, it is often trying to show the public that it __________.

general

44. Which of the following policies would be most likely to be considered a hot potato?

gun

26. Which two industries contribute the most money to candidates of both major American political parties?

health care finance

43. Suppose you belong to a single-issue interest group with very little funding. Which of these is your

high profile

48. Which is a major shortcoming of a government that is heavily influenced by interest groups?

many people

7. Which of these is an example of two distinct interest groups working for the same cause?

marijuana

32. The central concern behind the formation of single-issue interest groups tends to be __________.

moral

39. According to Olson, small, well-organized groups often override the broader public interest because they __________.

narrow laws and rulings

41. Which of these is a strategy that interest groups tend to avoid?

nominating

5. Which term describes a democratic system where all kinds of people with different opinions and values compete to influence government policy?

pluralist

31. Which statement explains why the issue of access challenges the pluralist theory?

pluralist all groups

45. Democrats and Republicans tend to agree that the tax code is __________.

too confusing

38. The courts are most likely to become an arena for interest group competition in a country __________.

where rule of law strong

35. Which of these was most helpful to the Occupy Wall Street protesters?

the use of social media

30. An interest group with structured access has __________ relationship with government.

stable beneficial

33. Lobbyists often call themselves __________ to get around the registration and reporting requirements for lobbyists.

strategic consultants

29. Which statement explains why unions seem powerful to the American public?

strikes at large


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