Major Interest Groups
A. Types of IG
Interest groups are classified according to varying degrees of missions and memberships. Some raise a single issue; others represent the interests of professional organizations or associations, while still others are strongly advocates public interests. Moreover, depend on their concerns, interest groups also range in size from millions of members to only several dozen. Due to these many complex wants and needs, thousands of organized interest groups exist in United States to exert their influence with the government; some wield enormous power whilst many have limited clout. In U.S, the major interest groups can be listed as: Economic interest groups, Noneconomic Groups and Religious interest groups.
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As a result, economic interest groups, which bring their respective memberships some sort of economic benefits, are the most common type in almost almost all countries, not only in the America. These groups are generally well funded on the grounds that members willingly contribute money in order to reap a harvest of greater political power as well as benefit. According to the Boundless Political Science book (Business and Economic Interest Groups, 2014), categories of the most common type cover those representing business, labor, agricultural and professional interests.
Economic groups work to attain private goods, which make profits on only the members of the group. To take one example, when a labor union sign a contract with the supplier, of course, only its members enjoy entirely interest from this contract, while non-union ones do not. Hence, if there is not only no obvious economic incentive but also a membership fee or trade union dues, people usually choose not to …show more content…
A Model Interest Group
Numerous observers acknowledge the American Association of Retired People (AARP) to be the most powerful interest group in American politics. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica defines AARP as non-profit, non-partisan association addressing the needs together with interests of middle-aged and elderly people, whether working or retired, in the U.S. Its headquartered located in Washington, D.C. (AARP, 2013).
One of the AARP’s major functions is used to advocate the elderly at the federal as well as state levels by making a profound impact on the passage of legislation geared toward older citizens, establishing Medicare and Medicaid, raising the cost-of-living increases (COLAs) for Social Security benefits and stricter guidelines for lending to the elderly, for example (Ragone). It 's also the leader in grassroots lobbying, for the reason that it regularly rallies its membership to keep in touch their elected officials on various issues.
The steadily increasing percentage of elderly in the U.S’s population had brought a membership of nearly 35 million along with the largest dues-paying-association title to the AARP by the late 20th century.
B. How Interest Groups
Interest groups are classified according to varying degrees of missions and memberships. Some raise a single issue; others represent the interests of professional organizations or associations, while still others are strongly advocates public interests. Moreover, depend on their concerns, interest groups also range in size from millions of members to only several dozen. Due to these many complex wants and needs, thousands of organized interest groups exist in United States to exert their influence with the government; some wield enormous power whilst many have limited clout. In U.S, the major interest groups can be listed as: Economic interest groups, Noneconomic Groups and Religious interest groups.
SOME MAJOR INTEREST GROUPS …show more content…
As a result, economic interest groups, which bring their respective memberships some sort of economic benefits, are the most common type in almost almost all countries, not only in the America. These groups are generally well funded on the grounds that members willingly contribute money in order to reap a harvest of greater political power as well as benefit. According to the Boundless Political Science book (Business and Economic Interest Groups, 2014), categories of the most common type cover those representing business, labor, agricultural and professional interests.
Economic groups work to attain private goods, which make profits on only the members of the group. To take one example, when a labor union sign a contract with the supplier, of course, only its members enjoy entirely interest from this contract, while non-union ones do not. Hence, if there is not only no obvious economic incentive but also a membership fee or trade union dues, people usually choose not to …show more content…
A Model Interest Group
Numerous observers acknowledge the American Association of Retired People (AARP) to be the most powerful interest group in American politics. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica defines AARP as non-profit, non-partisan association addressing the needs together with interests of middle-aged and elderly people, whether working or retired, in the U.S. Its headquartered located in Washington, D.C. (AARP, 2013).
One of the AARP’s major functions is used to advocate the elderly at the federal as well as state levels by making a profound impact on the passage of legislation geared toward older citizens, establishing Medicare and Medicaid, raising the cost-of-living increases (COLAs) for Social Security benefits and stricter guidelines for lending to the elderly, for example (Ragone). It 's also the leader in grassroots lobbying, for the reason that it regularly rallies its membership to keep in touch their elected officials on various issues.
The steadily increasing percentage of elderly in the U.S’s population had brought a membership of nearly 35 million along with the largest dues-paying-association title to the AARP by the late 20th century.
B. How Interest Groups