Interest Groups and Parties

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Interest Groups and Parties

• Interest Groups
• An Introduction
• Political Science 420
• Mark Stephan

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Last class, this one

• Guest speakers
• Interest Groups An Introduction
• Madisons Dilemma
• Federalist Paper No. 10
• Pluralism
• Long Paper topic

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From Parties to Interest Groups

• Parties and Interest Groups arent they just
  the same thing really?
• Theories and realities
• Traditional views..

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Madisons Dilemma

• Whats the dilemma?
• Why is this a dilemma?
• Federalist Paper No. 10
• Factions defined
• Methods to cure factions two?
• Two ways to remove causes?
• Causes of Factions inherent?

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Madisons solution?

• Solving the mischiefs of faction how?
• Controlling its effects
• Prevention or stopping implementation
• Direct democracy versus representative democracy
  (a republic)
• Has our governmental system always been able to
  do this control the effects?

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IGs what they are and do

• Basic definition
• Membership organizations?
• Interests versus interest groups?
• What do they do (literally)?
• Five roles.
• Do we (average citizens) like interest groups?

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Pluralism

• What is it?
• Why was it so popular in the 50s and 60s (as an
  idea)?
• Why has it lost ground as an idea?
• Whats the irony of attempts to overcome the
  biases of traditional interest groups?

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Long Paper topic

• Read the handout look closely at what Im
  asking you to do
• Questions?

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NewsFlash!!!!!!
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Preview of Next Class

• Finishing up todays lecture if needed
• Theories and Ideas about interest groups
  getting down the fundamentals

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If time remains.

• Finish No. 10
• Large republic versus small republic
• Number of representatives too few, too many,
  too low a ratio, too high a ratio
• Large societies do what?