American Government › Section J · Interest groups and lobbying › Topic J.3
Interest groups as political participation
Joining a group can turn one quiet voice into a chorus that officials notice. But not everyone joins, and the groups that form most easily do not mirror the public, so the group system both widens participation and tilts it.
In this topic
- Strength in numbers
- Grassroots and astroturf
- Educating and framing
- More groups, more specialised
- Who is left out?
- Pluralists, critics and neopluralists
- Iron triangles and issue networks
- Worked example: mapping an iron triangle
- Worked example: who is heard at a hearing?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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