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Modern Day Factions - Coggle Diagram
Modern Day Factions
Interest Groups
Objectives
Seek new positive benefits to promote the group's interests
Defend current benefits to protect the group's interests
Why Join?
Material benefits
Solidary benefits
Purposive benefits
Theories of formation
Pluralist Theory
By-product Theory
Exchange Theory
Resources
Money
Membership
Leadership & Expertise
Political Tactics
Lobbying/Lobbyists
Direct Lobbying
Indirect Lobbying
Test cases
amicus curiae
brief
Coalition Building
Loggrolling
Shaping public opinion
Power & influence
Political Action Committees (PACs)
Super PAC
Regulation of activities
Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
hard money
soft money
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Political Parties
Objectives
Win governmential offices
Enact policies favored by the party
Membership
Party in the electorate
Strength
Straight-ticket voters
Party in government
Strength
party vote
party polarization
conditional party government
majority-minority districts
Party organization
Prototype: political machine
Party discipline
Strength
political patronage
merit system
direct primary
Role Theory
Why Join?
Material benefits
Solidary benefits
Purposive benefits
Systems
One-party
Two-party
Duverger's Law
Third Parties
Multi-party
proportional representation
Single-member district plurality (SMDP) system
Parliamentary system
Presidential system
Contributions
Facilitate participation of large numbers of people
Promote government responsiveness
Promote government accountability
Promote stability and the peaceful resolution of conflict