| Definition/Description | Term/Group |
|---|
| Something of value they cannot get without joining | |
| THe sense of pleasure, status, or companionship that arises out of meeting together in small groups | |
| Monday, or things and services readily valued in monetary terms | |
| The appeal of their stated goals to recruit membesr | |
| Organizations that attract members by appealing to their interest in a coherent set of controversial principles | |
| A political organization that stated goals of which will principally benefit nonmembers | |
| A widely shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order. It may have liberal or conservative goals | |
| A Signal telling a congressional representative what values are at stake in a vote, who is for, who is against a proposal, and how that issue fits into his or her own set of politi | |
| An assessment of representative's voting record on issues important to an interest group. Such ratings are designed to generate public support for or opposition to a legislature. | |
| An interest group organized to influence government decisions, especially legislation. To lobby is to attempt to influence such decisions. | |
| organizations that gather information on consumer topics | |
| The solicitation of funding through letter campaigns | |
| A list, compiled by an environmental interest group, of those legislators who voted most frequently against its measures | |
| Lobbyist working closely w/ a few key members of congress, meeting them privately to exchange information and sometimes favors | |
| plan increasingly used by lobbyists with advent of modern technology and employing grassroots lobbying | |
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