Monday, October 1, 2012

Ch 7 - Interest Groups - Class 1

1. How do interest groups exert influence over policymaking institutions?
  1. Quiz: Ch 07 - Interest Groups
  2. Flashback: Federalist #10 from Ch 01 - Constitution
    • "The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States. A religious sect may degenerate into a political faction in a part of the Confederacy; but the variety of sects dispersed over the entire face of it must secure the national councils against any danger from that source." - James Madison, Federalist Paper #10
    • What would Madison say about interest groups?
  3. Case Study: Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform
  4. Blog: Interest Groups
    • Edit your blog at www.blogger.com or on an iPad app (Posts and Blogsy are available for a discounted price at the SI bookstore)
    • Remember the guidelines, especially:
      • Hyperlinks to all evidence
      • Art (linked pictures or embedded videos)
      • Depth and quality writing
    • We will start our homework assignment in class
    • Create a blog post where you apply what we have learned about interest groups to your policy issue
    • Suggestion: Evaluate the influence of several interest groups in your policy area in terms of:
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