WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT Interest Groups Professor Karina Arzumanova U.S. Goverment An Interests Group is defined as an organization of people or a letterhead organization, sharing a common interest or goal that seeks to influence the making of public policy. In the American political system, there are a wide variety of interest groups that are organized for the sole purpose of exerting influence on the political and legal systems. These groups play a central role in deciding who gets
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Erin Rocker AP Gov Per 4 10/30/13 Interest Groups Litigation- the act or process of bringing or contesting a legal action in court. Litigation is used to put pressure on officials in order to achieve their goals. Legal strategies are used to affect public opinion on certain issues that the interest group is advocating. In addition to litigation, interest groups also use the media to make their stand on certain issues known to the general public. Campaign Contributions-refers to all funds raised
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Affirmative Action Since its inception Affirmative Action was intended to level the playing field of opportunity in American institutions. Affirmative Action’s objective was not to extend unearned benefits to minority groups at the majority’s expense, as has been alleged by politicians and pundits. I argue that Affirmative Action has and will continue to provide an equalizing effect for minorities and women, who are disadvantaged in every foundational aspect of society. I will further evaluate the
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Feminism and Group Rights The idea of equality and what is fair and just is a completely gray area as we all know. In the struggle for equality, the groups that have suffered the most are women and ethnic minorities. Human Rights Organizations, such as Amnesty International lead the social movement for equal rights for all humans, regardless or race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Amnesty International is currently the world’s largest grassroots human rights organization. They investigate
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unresolved concern. This test has been biased in stating that on average Whites has a higher IQ than Blacks. This is eliminated when looking and applying a curve within social and economical factors or rather characteristics. Race is a social construction that presumes benefits for the people who are oppressing minority groups or rather the privileged and those who are not privileged. It only supports the dominant race or races. Again, according to the textbook, racism is a doctrine that one
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As I read through the interest group website on group that stood out for me was the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). I was surprised to see that it was one of the top 25 most influential special interest groups listed (Interest 2002). My husband is over 50 and I am fast-approaching that age. He is a member of AARP and as a spouse so am I. We get the newsletters and e-mail but I never really paid much attention to the influence AARP had over policies affecting people over 50.
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different ethnic groups and societies, anthropologists have been able to assert that such expressions have the power to fill and enrich the lives of an entire population but also they give an insight into the different aspects of the social, cultural and moral condition of a nation. The present article “Music-making Children of Africa” by John Miller Chernoff, refers to the Dagomba people of northern Ghana and their passion for music and dance as expressions of their cultural and social life and the
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the concepts of group, harmony, and mutual security are more important than that of the individual. Family is the centre of the social structure and emphasizes unity, loyalty and respect for the elderly in the Singapore Culture (Topley, 1961). Extended family and close friends are those that are considered family to the Singapore and they are the ones the Singapore culture hold their beliefs in high standards (Lee, 1988).The implications of the Singapore’s religious means and social surroundings that
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Article Analysis 1 Shaina Simmons Wayne State University The article that I choose to read, “Racial and ethnic perceptions of injustice: Testing the for hypotheses of comparative conflict theory” is a study done by Kevin Buckler and James D. Unnever. Buckler and Unnever (2008) used comparative conflict theory to explain racial and ethnic variation in perceptions of injustice. They looked at the comparative conflict theory that Hagan, Shedd, and Payne (2005) proposed that “White respondents
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ethnic groups are sub-divisions of a particular racial stock differentiated by history and cultural practices (Rex and Mason, 1986, p. 189). Nevertheless, the concept of race is an important one in understanding how it has shaped the politics and society of Malaysia. In this essay I will explain how Malaysia’s colonial past and affirmative action policies has contributed to the formation of a society divided along racial lines and how that has created racial tensions among the ethnic groups of Malaysia
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