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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cause the dissonance. Leon Festinger became aware of cognitive dissonance and made a theory to demonstrate it. He also hypothesized two ways to reduce cognitive dissonance‚ and for some people it helps them regain psychological balance. Therefore‚ interest in cognitive dissonance has increased‚ due to the rising research in different fields including in education‚ because it affects a lot of students and their learning. You
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1. The Strong Interest Survey was developed in 1927 by E. K. Strong Jr. This test assesses a person’s interest in four main areas. Those areas are general occupation themes‚ basic interest scales‚ personal style scales‚ and occupational scales. Each of these categories has a different number of questions but that total number of questions is 291. This test is done online only and takes 30-45 minutes to complete. The age range that is appropriate for this test is 14 and older. The survey is an individually
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What Happens Behind Closed Doors: Interest Groups and Their Agendas Government and political entities are believed to be heroes of the people. They only do good‚ and have no vendetta for themselves. However‚ this utopian way of thinking is unrealistic‚ and not representative of the convoluted process of policy-making and forward motion. Interest groups are a key component of change‚ and using direct lobbying‚ they attempt to create reform every day. Tom Woods in his “Our Wise Overlords Are Just Here
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pencils and highlighters must be on your desk. 2. Part A - There are 15 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Select the ’one best’ answer choice for each question. Answers to these must be recorded on a red-coloured General Purpose Answer Sheet which will be marked by a computer. Please make sure your name and SID is on this sheet. Answers on this test question paper will not be marked. 3. Part B - There are 2 short answer questions. The first is worth 2 marks‚ the second 3 marks. Show all relevant
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The Murugan Temple situated at the top of the Palani hills one of the Six holy abodes The 16th Century Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health at the coastal town of Velankanni Tamil Nadu has the credit of having 34000 Hindu temples which are several centuries Old. The cities in ancient Tamil Nadu is believed to have revolved around the magnificent temples built by the Pallava‚Chola and Pandya empires and therefore most of the cities in the state have a lot of religious significance and
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According to Adam Smith‚ self-interest should not be denied. In the ‘Wealth of Nations’‚ he asserts that self-interest in the market is to encourage the growth of society through the division of labour and the maximization of wealth. For him‚ self-interest is enough to motivate the exchange of goods. The butcher-brewer-baker example (p.19) says that their willingness to offer us a meal is dependent upon their own interests‚ not their kindness. Coase agrees in principle‚ stating (p.534) that the
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the conflict of interest between management and owners. For example‚ if shareholders cannot effectively monitor the managers’ behaviour‚ then managers may be tempted to use the firm’s assets for their own ends‚ all at the expenses of shareholders. Discuss the pros and cons of this statement with regard to duties of Board of Directors. Most organisations these days are no more owned by their managers. This separation of ownership and management gives rise to what is called agency
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Discuss the effectiveness of using interest rates to control the rate of inflation. In 1997 the Bank of England was given independence over monetary policy in the UK. It was given the role of setting interest rates on a monthly basis for the purpose of achieving an inflation target of 2% (+/-1%) as measured by the CPI. The diagram above shows a short run aggregate supply curve and how an increase in interest rates may affect it. If the change is successful consumption‚ investment‚ and exports
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American political action is recognized in the role of interest groups. In those countries which most align themselves with the United States‚ namely Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany‚ the role of interest groups is downplayed and only seen as a radical option for voicing political dismay. However‚ citizens of the United States are far more likely to voice their respective ideologies and beliefs via interest groups. As a result‚ interest groups play a much
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