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Chapter 11: Interest Groups

  • Explaining Proliferation
  • The Birth of Interest Groups
  • Kinds of Organization - Institutional Interests, Membership Interests, Incentives to Join, The Influence of the Staff
  • Interest Groups and Social Movements - The Environmental Movement, The Feminist Movement, The Union Movement
  • Funds for Interest Groups - Foundation Grants, Federal Grants and Contracts, Direct Mail
  • The Problem of Bias
  • The Activities of Interest Groups - Information, Public Support: The Rise of the New Politics, Money and PACs, The "Revolving Door", Trouble Regulating Interest Groups
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