 | Chapter Objectives
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Having read the chapter, students should be able to:
- Explain what interest group are and the different types of interests that they advocate.
- Understand how the "rights revolution" led to an expansion Washington-based advocacy groups.
- Describe which interest groups are the largest and the best financed, and which are underrepresented and why.
- Specify the various incentives interest groups use to sustain membership and commitment.
- Understand the difference between a strategy and a tactic and the different types of strategies employed by interest groups.
- Explain the different ways that lobbyist influence all three branches of government.
- Discuss the various regulations affecting lobbying activity and the financing of political campaigns.
- Identify tactics other than lobbying that are used by interest groups to exert influence.
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