civics chapter 9 by Cody Reese https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv individualism en-us 2018-03-15 15:55:34 UTC 2026-01-31 12:38:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png the nature of interest groups 519530 https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242453375 2018-03-15 16:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242453375 The roles of interest groups 519530 https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242454451 Interest groups are any organization of people with policy goals who work within the political process to promote such goals. Groups attempt to influence policy in various ways including: Lobbying government. Organized interests hire representatives to advocate on behalf of the group's interests.]]> 2018-03-15 16:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242454451 political parties and interest groups 519530 https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242457442 political party is a group of people who organize to win elections, operate the government, and determine public policy, whereas an interest group is a group of people who share common goals and who actively try to influence policymakers. Their specific purposes within the government, however, differ.]]> 2018-03-15 16:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242457442 interest groups bad or good? 519530 https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242459440 2018-03-15 16:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242459440 valuable functions of interest groups 519530 https://padlet.com/519530/n3x8lel5pwyv/wish/242465116 1. stimulate interest in public affairs, 2. represent their members on the basis of shared attitudes rather than by geography, 3. provide useful information to government, 4. vehicles for political participation, 5. add more checks and balance features, 6. limit the lengths to which some groups might otherwise go as they seek to advance their own interests


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