Chapter 11 Flash Cards

Professional Associations

A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession and the public interest.

AARP

AARP, Inc., formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a United States-based interest group with a membership founded in 1958

Staff Organizations

Image result for Staff Organizations A line position is directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the organization, such as producing or selling a product or service. Line positions are occupied by line personnel and line managers.

Iron Triangle

In United States politics, the iron triangle comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups.

Collective Goods

In economics, a public good is a good that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous in that individuals cannot be effectively excluded from use and where use by one individual does not reduce availability to others. ... Public goods that are available everywhere are sometimes referred to as global public goods.

Free Rider

In economics, the free rider problem occurs when those who benefit from resources, goods, or services do not pay for them, which results in an under-provision of those goods or services.

Political Action Committee (PAC) Initiative

In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a type of organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation. The legal term PAC has been created in pursuit of campaign finance reform in the United States.

Inside Lobbying

Inside versus outside lobbying. Inside lobbying, or sometimes called direct lobbying, describes efforts by lobbyists to influence legislation or rule-making directly by contacting legislators and their assistants, sometimes called staffers or aides.

Institutional Advertising

Institutional advertising is any type of advertising intended to promote a company, corporation, business, institution, organization or other similar entity. Such advertising does not attempt to sell anything directly.

Interest Group

Interest group, also called special interest group or pressure group, any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on the basis of one or more shared concerns, attempts to influence public policy in its favour.

Issue Networks

Issue networks are an alliance of various interest groups and individuals who unite in order to promote a common cause or agenda in a way that influences government policy. Issue networks can be either domestic or international in scope depending on their collective goal.

Economic Interest Groups Business, Agricultural, and Labor Groups

Labor Groups: An organization of workers who share the same type of job or who work in the same industry.

Membership Associations

Membership organization is a term which refers to any organization that allows people to subscribe, and often requires them to pay a membership fee or "subscription".

New Politics Movement

New Politics was a term used in the United States in the 1950s to denote the ascending ideology of that country's Democratic Party during that decade. ... Soon thereafter, the New Politics movement found itself eclipsed by the more strident New Left as the putative purveyor of new ideas within the Democratic Party.

Public Interest Groups

They work for the "public good" — An interest group that seeks to institute certain public policies of benefit to all or most people in this country, whether or not they belong to or support that organization.

Pluralism

a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.

Super PAC

a type of independent political action committee which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates.

Lobbying

an attempt by a group to influence the policy process through persuasion of government officials

Solidary Benefits

selective benefits of group membership that emphasize friendship, networking, and consciousness-raising

Material Benefits

special goods, services, or money provided to members of groups to entice others to join

Informational Benefits

special newsletters, periodicals, training programs, conferences, and other information provided to members to entice others to join

Benefits of Membership

special newsletters, periodicals, training programs, conferences, and other information provided to members to entice others to join. special goods, services, or money provided to members of groups to entice others to join.selective benefits of group membership that emphasize friendship, networking, and consciousness-raising

Litigation

the process of taking legal action.

Grassroots Mobilization

Grassroots mobilization is when a group of individuals in a particular community come together to organize for social, political, environmental or economic change in order to make enhance the quality of their lives or the lives of others. The term "grassroots" refers to building up from the bottom and including individuals from all walks of life that share the same commitment to change.

Purposive Benefits

Selective benefits of group membership that emphasize the purpose and accomplishments of the group

Outside Lobbying

The process by which interest group members or lobbyists attempt to influence public policy through contacts with public officials. Sentence: The two main lobbying strategies are "inside lobbying" and "outside lobbying", and each involves communication between public officials.