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Economics
Chapter 4 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anomic group | spontaneous groups that suddenly form when many individuals react to an event that simulates frustration, disappointment, or other strong emotions |
| Associational group | interest groups formed explicitly to represent the interests of a particular group |
| Channels of political access | how interest groups have their ideas reach policymakers |
| Civil society | a society in which people are involved in social and political interactions free of state control or regulation |
| Collective action problem | a problem that arises when individual’s incentives lead them to avoid taking actions that are best for the group as a whole, and that they themselves would like to see accomplished |
| Controlled interest group systems | groups that have usually one group for each social sector, compulsory membership, hierarchically organized, and controlled by government or its agents to mobilize support |
| Corporatist interest group systems | system in which a single group represents a single interest, membership is compulsory and nearly universal, centrally organized, and the groups are involved in government policy making |
| Institutional groups | groups that are based in formal organizations that have other political or social functions in addition to interest articulation |
| Interest articulation | the way people and social groups express their needs and demands to their government |
| Mass media | television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other means of popular communication |
| Nonassociational groups | based on common interests and identities of ethnicity, region, religion, occupation, or perhaps kinship |
| Pluralist interest group systems | system in which multiple groups may represent a single interest, membership is voluntary, has a decentralized organizational structure, and a clear separation between the interest groups and the government |
| Political terror tactics | assassinations, armed attacks on other groups or government officials, and mass bloodshed tactics used by radical political groups |
| Protests | a highly expressive and contentious form of citizen action that includes the collection of people advocating for a specific, common interest |
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