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
3. No one group can become more dominant
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, 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
List three major points of the hyperpluralist position in group politics - ✔✔1. Groups
have become too powerful in the political process as government tries to appease every
interest
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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
3. No one group can become more dominant
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, 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
List three major points of the hyperpluralist position in group politics - ✔✔1. Groups
have become too powerful in the political process as government tries to appease every
interest
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