| to attempt to influence governmental decisions, especially legislation, or a group organized for this purpose. |
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| To join mass-membership organizations, one must offer (something of value they cannot get without joining |
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| Sense of pleasure, status, or companionship that arises out of meeting together in small groups. |
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| money, things, or services readily valued in monetary terms. |
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| recruited over 30 mil members by supplying them with low cost life insurance, mail-order discount drugs, tax advice, and group travel plans. Has an annual budget of over $200 milli |
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| Appeal of stated goals to recruit members. |
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| Organizations that attract members by appealing to their interest in a coherent set of usually controversial principles |
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| A organization whose purpose is to benefit nonmembers |
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| Became a popular figure in the 60s after he won a case against General Motors. Some of the best known liberal public interest groups are founded by him. |
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| widely shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order. |
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| The group whose mission is to 'defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. |
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| Founded in 1971, it is a national advocacy organization that promotes public policies to help women obtain affordable, quality health care for themselves and their families |
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| It is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. Its mission is 'to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of |
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| A nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest law firm with a history of advocating for individual liberty, limited and efficient government, free enterprise, sound science in the court |
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| A non-profit public interest law firm in the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., the firm is 'dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggres |
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| A proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. It was originally written by Alice Paul. In 1972, it passed both houses of Congress, but failed to gain ratification |
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| A group which obtains grants from foundations and government agencies, concentrating its efforts on bringing lawsuits aimed at enforcing the legal rights of women in higher educati |
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| A signal telling the official what values are at stake in an issue, and who is for or against the issue. |
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| Made by interest groups of legislatures, sometimes helpful sources of information but sometimes biased. |
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| advertisements sent directly to prospective members through the mail |
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| the largest feminist organization in the United States . It was founded in 1966 and has a membership of 500,000 |
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| the oldest and largest environmental organization in the United States |
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| congressionally chartered mutual-aid veterans organization of the United States armed forces founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period |
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| Close workings with a few key members of Congress; private meetings for information exchange; sometimes traded favors |
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| an organization of employees formed to bargain with employers |
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| the movement aimed at equal rights for women; particularly with suffrage |
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| a term that includes the conservation and green movements, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. |
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| these are not membership groups (hence, they are termed interests as opposed to interest groups) but private organizations such as businesses or public entities such as government |
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| Stating a position on a specific legislative proposal to the public, then asking the public to urge their legislator to support that stated position. |
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| Possible because of growing government and media; link various citizens from far stretches of US with similar interests; more commonly used now |
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