US interest groups

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  • Created by: sofia84
  • Created on: 24-02-21 09:41
List problems with Pressure groups
-elitism
-revolving door syndrome
-unelected bodies influencing elections and the democratic process
-turned Congress into a 'broken branch'
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Give an example of the revolving door syndrome?
2019-2/3 of former members of Congress landed jobs influencing federal policy as Lobbyists or strategic consultants
2018- 340 members of Congress were formerly members of pharmaceutical firms
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Positives of pressure groups?
-representation
-rights protection
-holding gov to account
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Examples of how US interest groups represent?
NAACP- black people
NOW- women
national association of milk producers
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Examples of how Pressure groups have protected rights
Amnesty International- torture, HR violations
-american civil liberties union
-NAACP civil rights movement
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Methods used by interest groups in US?
-endorsing and electioneering
-grassroots actions: blitzing, demonstrations
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2019-2/3 of former members of Congress landed jobs influencing federal policy as Lobbyists or strategic consultants
2018- 340 members of Congress were formerly members of pharmaceutical firms

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Examples of how US interest groups represent?

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Examples of how Pressure groups have protected rights

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