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-Can be categorized according to the size of their membership, their methods, or their goals
-Economic interest groups: concerned with taxes, food prices, housing, inflation, and unemployment, etc. (ex. labor unions)
-Public interest groups:  focus their work on influencing policies that they believe affect the general public (ex. the environment)
-Civil rights groups: gain or protect the rights of various groups (ex. NAACP)
-Single-issue groups: specific issues
-Ideological interest groups: broad issues
-Religious interest groups
-Professional interest groups
Government interest groups

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-Help bridge the gap between people and the government
-Through interest groups, people communicate their policy goals to government leaders, such as the president, Congress, city council, or state legislators
-Influence business practices
-Educate their members and the public
-Support or conduct research
-Provide services to people in need

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-Interest group: a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government
-Civil society: the complex network of voluntary associations that exist outside of government (ex.  gardening clubs, a local church, organizations like the American Red Cross)
-The Constitution serves as a safeguard against possible abuses of interest groups
-"Associations engage Americans in causes larger than themselves and provided a means of helping people influence government"