AP Government Ch. 10 Flashcards

4901030784	Interest Group	An organization of people with shared policy goals entering the policy process at several points to try to achieve those goals.	0
4901030785	Pluralism	A theory of government and politics emphasizing that many groups, each pressing for its preferred policies, compete and counterbalance one another in the political marketplace.	1
4901030786	Elitism	A theory of government and politics contending that an upper-class elite will hold most of the power and thus in effect run the government.	2
4901030787	Hyperpluralism	A theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government, seeking to please them all, is thereby weakened.	3
4901030788	Iron Triangles	Sub governments are composed of interest group leaders interested in a particular policy, the government agency in charge of administering that policy, and the members of congressional committees and subcommittees handling that policy; they exercise a great deal of control over specific policy areas.	4
4901030789	Potential Group	All the people who might be interested group members because they share common interests.	5
4901030790	Actual group	The people in the potential group who actually join.	6
4901030791	Collective Good	Something of value that cannot be withheld from a potential group member.	7
4901030792	Free-Rider Problem	For a group, the problem of people not joining because they can benefit from the group's activities without joining.	8
4901030793	Selective Benefits	Goods that a group can restrict to those who actually join.	9
4901030794	Single-Issue Groups	Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics.	10
4901030795	Lobbying	A "communication, by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her behalf, directed to a governmental decision maker with the hope of influencing his or her decision."	11
4901030796	Electioneering	Direct group involvements in the electoral process, for example, by helping fund campaigns, getting members to work for candidates, and forming political action committees.	12
4901030797	Political Action Comittees	Groups that raise money from individuals and then distribute it in the form of contributions to candidates that the group supports.	13
4901030798	Union Shop	A provision found in some collective bargaining agreements requiring all employees of a business to join the union within a short period, usually 30 days, and to remain members as a condition of employment.	14
4901030799	Right-To-Work Laws	A state law forbidding requirements that worker must join a union to hold their jobs. Specifically permitted by the Taft-Haley Act of 1947.	15
4901030800	Public Interest Lobbies	Organizations that seek "a collective good, the achievement of which will not selectively and materially benefit the membership or activists of the organization."	16