AP US Government Chapter 10 Exam
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Name two factors that distinguish interest groups from political parties -
✔✔1. Political parties battle with elections and run candidates while
interest groups merely support candidates, but cannot run their own slate
2. Interest groups are policy specialists that don't appeal to everyone and
political parties are policy generalists
List five essential arguments of group theory in politics (pluralism) - ✔✔1.
Groups provide a key link between people and government
2. Groups compete
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, 3. No one group can become more dominant
4. Groups usually play by rules
5. Groups weak in one resource can use another
List four major points made by the elitist view of the interest group system
- ✔✔1. Number of groups proves nothing, leads to extreme inequality in
power
2. Awesome power is help by the largest corporations
3. Power of a few is fortified by a system of interlocking directorates
4. Other groups may win minor policy battles, but corporate elites prevail
when it comes to big decisions
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Name two factors that distinguish interest groups from political parties -
✔✔1. Political parties battle with elections and run candidates while
interest groups merely support candidates, but cannot run their own slate
2. Interest groups are policy specialists that don't appeal to everyone and
political parties are policy generalists
List five essential arguments of group theory in politics (pluralism) - ✔✔1.
Groups provide a key link between people and government
2. Groups compete
1
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, 3. No one group can become more dominant
4. Groups usually play by rules
5. Groups weak in one resource can use another
List four major points made by the elitist view of the interest group system
- ✔✔1. Number of groups proves nothing, leads to extreme inequality in
power
2. Awesome power is help by the largest corporations
3. Power of a few is fortified by a system of interlocking directorates
4. Other groups may win minor policy battles, but corporate elites prevail
when it comes to big decisions
2
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