Overview
Description
Examination of nonviolent ways citizens directly and indirectly influence government beyond voting; interest group activity, protest behavior and direct involvement in government.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- compare the pluralist and anti-pluralist perspectives on interest groups.
- evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the different lobbying strategies used by interest groups.
- discuss the political consequences of astroturfing.
- articulate how interest group activity drives the differences we observe in policy outcomes nationally and across states and localities.