what are the strategies of interest groups in our democracy?
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Using the kind of stategy that will bring desired reults such as instilling fear in the minds of masses. Fear paralyzes people's rationale.
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You have a pretty broad subject, to begin with. I did a search on Yahoo, Race and Democracy. http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Race+and+democracy&ei=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&fr=moz2\nA lot came up...if you pick through, you can piece together the kind of argument that best suits your persuasion, really. Be sure to substantiate your claims with good sources. Sorry, I can't be more specific, but race and democratic society can mean a lot for a lot of people. There is a site from South Africa, which might put a nice contrast to whatever country you are focusing on. Good luck. Remember, that this topic is subjective. That means that you can go in almost any direction if you have enough foundation to support your claims. Cheers!
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Quite simple actually. In order to get elected, they require campaign donations. While most private citizens give these out of the goodness of their hearts, corporations and special interest groups do it to further their own interests. It's an investment to them. The larger the donation, the more ads they can run. The more ads they run, the greater their chance of winning.\n\n  Then, after they win, they have a list of "favors" that need to be repaid.\n\n  Consider this: George Bush's largest corporate campaign contributors were financial service companies, defense contractors, and pharmaceutical companies. From this we got the Social Security privatization plan, the Iraq War, and Medicaid Prescription drug plan.
110783
It is very important to ensure that democrazy exists .... that we continue to vote and participate in voicing our concerns and ways to better our local areas.  You know what they say...."Use it or lose it"
258483
Wel thats democracy for u...the system works in such a way..but u have a point..one person cant do much..its always collective force that needs to act..remember united we stand..
352346
Yes.\nUntil we have a public that is educated in political machinations and process, democracy is glorified mob rule. While politicians are becoming more secretive, corporations more powerful, and television stretches its influence as a glass teat of apathy, democracy will remain as mob rule- or at least easily manipulated through fear, catering to the selfish and the fearful more than the future.
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Special interest groups are political factions such as the League of Women Voters, AARP, NCAAP, NRA, etc...\nThey play an intergral role in our political system because of the amount of lobbying that these groups do and the financial contributions to various political campaigns.
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2 pts= interest group pluralism, google it!!!
748946
Strikes, boycotts, infiltration, sabotage, etc.  You have to organize; forget the pacifiers you're told to believe in.  Those in power are organized and have a lot of money.  If we have the numbers, we'll have the same amount of money.  We outnumber these worms 100 to 1 and can crush them like grapes.
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I hope we are not from the same country but i guess we have the same problem. When the people in your community will come to realize that their votes during election is not for sale maybe something can be done. You can make a difference by starting to fight for a cause not for your own vested interest but for the people.
772127
It's a grand idea and I support the thought, but it will never happen. Politics is rooted in ideology. Even moderates are ideological in nature, they just do not follow the complete ideologies of the party structures. Those who are political enough to engage in the debate believe their position is the right one. Because we are rooted in ideology attacks against these beliefs will almost always produce visceral results and responses. In short, smear tactics work. The best you can hope for is that at least part of the electorate will be informed and make decisions based on facts rather than emotions. As for the rest, all I can say is voting is a right and while Democracy may not be perfect, it still beats the alternatives.
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Come up with a monumental goal for the country to rally around...in the same vein as President Kennedy's challenge to put American's on the moon.  And then put lots of money and policy change behind meeting that goal.\n\nSuggestions might be to reduce our country's oil usage by 30%  or more by 2012.  Another suggestion might be to land a manned ship on Mars by 2020.  Or find a cure for cancer.  \n\nIf we focus all of our resources and efforts on anyone of these goals, we could make significant achievements.  When politicians and political activists start becoming obstructionists we lose that ability and become a stagnant, non-competitive nation.
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I think this could help you\n\nhttp://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/07/1334238
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Influencing legislation requires two things, or a combination of the two:\n\n1. A billion dollars to bribe politicians (the polite term is "campaign contribution");\n\nor,\n\n2. The support of millions of people who agree with you and are willing to be active in the matter.\n\nMaybe you could find an establihed organization that is working towards similar goals and try to get their support.
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I will give you the SAME answer I gave another person over another question very similiar to this one you have asked:\n\nThis looks REMARKABLY like a homework question. You really should do a bit of research on this so that you can LEARN the answers. You need to access some political science journals and I would encourage you to read Robert Dahl (who writes EXTENSIVELY on the subject of emerging democracy) as well as doing a bit of research on TRANSITIONING democratic regimes.....I can steer you but i will NOT give you the answer. ;o)
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We still vote in the USA we are not a dictatorship. We also have a president that is willing (no matter what kind of crap is thrown his way) to stand up for our democracy and others. Think about not being able to leave the country, have any control over who you work for, or be able to vote.
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we want the people to win it not which party wins