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Pressure Groups MatchUp
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Test Cases
Agency Capture
Revolving Door
AFL-CIO
Elitism
Lobbying
Pluralism
Political Action Committees
Parties
Access Points
Heller
It can be argued that US pressure groups are strong because US political ______ are weak.
Initials of US trade union organisation, loosely attached to the Democrats.
An important Supreme Court case which examined whether Washington could ban the ownership of guns: District of Columbia v ______ 2008.
When politicians leave office and go off to work for pressure groups or lobbyists, it is called the ____________ syndrome.
Idea that power is dispersed throughout society and does not reside in any single group.
Phrase used when a pressure group has a sympathetic ear in a government department or someone it can rely on to support its cause.
Pressure groups often bring ______ ______ to court in order to alter the existing interpretation of the Constitution (e.g., NAACP in Brown v Board).
Idea that power is concentrated in the hands of a small number of key decision makers.
Openings in which pressure groups can often gain influence.
To put pressure on a person or institution (some people get paid to do this).
Created by pressure groups to raise money from members and channel these funds to finance election campaigns of selected politicians.