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Understanding Interest Groups in Politics

Explore the role of interest groups in shaping public policy, positives and negatives of their influence, and the impact on government decisions. Discover how these groups advocate for specific interests and influence legislative outcomes.

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Understanding Interest Groups in Politics

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  1. Date: October 30, 2013Topic: Interest GroupsAim: How do interest groups exist within the political landscape?Do Now: Multiple Choice Questions.

  2. WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?

  3. Who is the man in the suit? What does he represent? • Why do you think he wants to take on special interests? • In the second frame, why does the man look confused? • What is the artist attempting to say about special interest groups?

  4. Interest Groups • A collection of people who share certain views on public matters and work to shape public policy to their benefit. • What is public policy? • Public Policy – includes all of the goals that a government pursues in the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved. SPEED LIMIT MONTANA STYLE THE BIG KAHUNA CAN’T RIDE THIS WAVE. US MILITARY NAVY SEAL STYLE

  5. James Madison – Federalist #10 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS JAMES MADISON? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS JAMES MADISON?

  6. James Madison – Federalist #10 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS JAMES MADISON? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS JAMES MADISON?

  7. James Madison – Federalist #10 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS JAMES MADISON? ONLY A LARGE REPUBLIC CAN CONTROL A FACTIONS EFFECTS.

  8. Alexis de Tocqueville In no country in the world has the principle of association been more successfully used, or more unsparingly applied to a multitude of different objects, than in America. MY HAIR IS WAVIER THAN YOURS. Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions, constantly form associations…not only commercial and manufacturing…but…of a thousand other kinds – religious, moral, serious, futile, extensive or restricted, enormous, or diminutive.

  9. Positives and Negatives of Interest Groups • Positives • Stimulate awareness and interest in public affairs. • Interest groups represent their members on the basis of shared attitudes rather than geography. • They provide detailed information to government. • They provide vehicles for participation • Provide a form checks and balances on the government. • They compete with other groups – pluralism.

  10. Positives and Negatives of Interest Groups • Negatives • Some interest groups have an influence far out of proportion to their size. • Many groups do not in fact represent the views of all the people for whom they claim to speak. • Some groups use illegal means such as bribery and threats of revenge.

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