POS Ch 8

The massive increase in the number of interest groups can be traced to the

1970s

Which of the following is true about the so-called New Politics movement?

The movement is made up of upper-middle-class professionals and intellectuals for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements were formative experiences

Which of the following statements about PACs is most accurate?

The number of ideological/public interest PACs has increased dramatically since 1980, while the number of labor PACs has remained essentially the same.

An iron triangle is made up of an alliance between:

a legislative committee, an interest group, and an executive agency.

Which of the following are the requisite parts of a so-called iron triangle?

an executive agency, a congressional committee or subcommittee, and an interest group

A loose, informal relationship of public officials, interest groups, and activists who are all concerned with the same policies is called:

an issue network

In grassroots lobbying, interest groups

attempt to involve the general citizen and voter.

According to the textbook authors, the explosion of interest group activity in the United States has been the result of the

explosion of the role of government

Interest groups are prohibited by federal law from lobbying administrative agencies.

false

Interest groups tend to proliferate at times when government is shrinking.

false

The American Bar Association is a good example of a labor group.

false

The iron triangle is a relationship that is established through repeated litigation of class-action suits.

false

Expanded ____________ regulation in the 1970s in areas such as automobile safety and health care led to the growth in interest groups.

federal

Lobbyists are often likely to be

former government employees.

If one enjoys the benefits of a group's collective efforts but did not contribute to those efforts, one is called a:

free rider

Over the past forty years, the number of interest groups in the United States has

increase enormously

The fact that interest groups favor the wealthy and well educated can be understood as a reflection of what eternal dilemma in American politics?

liberty is often inconsistent with equality

Interest groups were heavily involved in the recent Michigan affirmative action cases. Some groups sponsored the lawsuit; others filed amicus curiae briefs for both sides. All of these groups were using which interest group tactic?

litigation

Communication with lawmakers and members of the government by an individual or a group to influence the passage of legislation is the definition of

lobbying

Interest groups are concerned with the ______ of government, while political parties are concerned with the ______ of government.

policies; personnel

The free-rider problem occurs because:

the benefits of a group's actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers

People who benefit from the work of an interest group but who do not themselves contribute any effort or money are called free riders.

true

The New Politics movement led to the proliferation of public interest groups in the 1970s.

true

The theory of pluralism states that all interests should be free to compete for influence and the result will be compromise and moderation.

true