Government I believe the five pathways for change were put here to guide us in becoming a more efficient government and to give different examples of how to go about change in America. All of the pathways are important but to me the most important is the lobbying decision makers’ pathway. “Lobbyists are said to be advocates‚ someone who represents a specific side of an issue. According to Thomson Gale Legal Encyclopedia‚ A lobbyist and a lawyer have similar attributes whereas the lobbyist targets the legislative
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According to hyperpluralist theorists‚ which of these is NOT a result the America’s interest-group politics? Correct Answer: Budgets are characterized by fiscal discipline since each group acts as a watchdog over the others 3. Pluralists argue that lobbying Correct Answer: is open to all and is therefore not to be regarded as a problem. 4. Which of the following statements about the elite-theory perspective on groups is FALSE? Correct Answer: Elite theorists believe groups provide an effective
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groups on policy-making in the USA has been controversial. The main issue is that of the ‘revolving door’ effect that emerges from links between powerful organisations. This refers to the frequent interchange of personnel between Congress and the lobbying industry‚ which often occurs when there is a member of Congress‚ such as Chris Dodd who was the Senator of Connecticut‚ who then transfers to a pressure group‚ most commonly one that represents a section of society. In Dodd’s case he was automatically
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violent activities which target persons‚ groups‚ or property deemed offensive to the direct action participants. Lobbying is an example of direct action which is used regularly in pressure groups. For example the ’Country Side Alliance’ is an outsider cause group which has the Labour Party as an opposition. The Country Side Alliance was published by channel 4 that they were "the main lobbying group on rural issues". Another example is fathers 4 justice which produced
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Question 1 Power can be exercised in one of two ways. The first is far easier to comprehend. It is called “manifest power”. Manifest power involves one person or group of people exercising control over a second person or group of people by giving some sort of sign or signal. This includes everything from coercion to simply asking for something to be done or even giving non-verbal cues‚ like a police officer flashing their lights. If a police officer were to flash their lights‚ every driver in the
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LOBBYING FOR GROWTH The 5-30 a.m. beep from his wristwatch woke up Anurag Saxena. In characteristic style he jumped out of bed and headed for the bathroom only to stop at the door. Memories of the previous day came rushing back and Saxena realized that there was no need to hurry. Yesterday he called up Tim Leed‚ director for India and West Asia of the New York-based Denver Instruments‚ to say that he was quitting the company. “Wait for a day Anurag. We can talk about this again tomorrow‚” was
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“Counting Corporate Crooks.” The New York Times 16 Jul. 2005‚ late ed.: A15 Huffington‚ Arianna Stassinopoulos‚ 1950-. Pigs at the trough : how corporate greed and political corruption are undermining America / Arianna Huffington Katel‚ Peter. "Lobbying Boom." The CQ Researcher Online 15.26 (2005). 24 July 2005 <http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2005072200>
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AP U.S. Government: Chapter 9 and 10 Chapter 9: Interest Groups * K Street – where much political life occurs; a row of office buildings where nearly 7‚000 organizations are represented in Washington * The U.S. has many more organizations represented in its capital than other countries. These are interest groups (lobbies) who participate in politics. * Explaining Proliferation * Three reasons why interest groups are so common in this country * Cleavage in society * Divisions
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Iron Triangles Definition The closed‚ mutually supportive relationships that often prevail in the United States between the government agencies‚ the special interest lobbying organizations‚ and the legislative committees or subcommittees with jurisdiction over a particular functional area of government policy. As long as they hang together‚ the members of these small groups of movers and shakers tend to dominate all policy-making in their respective specialized areas of concern‚ and they
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controversy. Specifically‚ these regulations were made to prevent laws from coming into place and policy changes because of lobbyist offering and persuading Congress members and staffers through very expensive gifts. The book states that‚ “Interest groups lobbying often involves cases where resources favor one side.” Therefore‚ if lobbyist do have a good amount of money‚ they would have an advantage because they could provide a large amount of gifts. This may cause the Congress members to become more willing
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