Learning Objectives Chapter

After reading this chapter students should be able to:

Define interest groups and describe what they do.

List the different types of interest groups and their constituencies.

Distinguish between economic and non-economic interest groups.

Distinguish between inside and outside lobbying processes.

Identify what functions political action committees fulfill in the political process.

Distinguish between iron triangles and issue networks.

Explain what grassroots lobbying is.

Explain the differences between pluralist theory and "interest group liberalism."

Explain the Madisonian dilemma.

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