Interest Groups Past & Present- The Mischief?s of faction Factions: groups with common interests Factions are modern political parties Factions were discussed in federalist 10 (federalist ten= Madison=factions Federalist # 10 ?the latent causes of faction are in the nature of man? meaning unavoidable All individuals persue self interest, seek power, sometimes over others Madison?s definition of factions: citizens uniting by a common interest Cont. The constitution limits factions (separation of powers, ((divided government)) ) Constitution encourages completion instead of elimination Pluralism- theory that government holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group Pluralism hasn?t always worked in practice