Public Policy Groups

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This paper examines three prominent United States interest groups and looks at the issues that interest them (and don't interest them), the activities they engage in, the role they expect government to play (at least in their areas of concern) and the means by which they access the policy-making process. The paper concludes that while they are all narrowly-focused, their actions are remarkably similar.

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"Public policy interest groups greatly affect the policy-making process in America - and in most nations. As holders of specialized information and as organizations habitually possessing the resources necessary to deal directly with policy-makers, these interest groups play a major role within the democratic, policy-making process that is often poorly understood by ordinary citizens. This paper will examine three of these organizations - the Center for Immigration Studies, the National Council of La Raza, and the Center for Defense Information - and attempt to answer the following questions: what issues do they care about; what issues don't they care about; the manner in which they support their arguments (with specific examples); their perspective on the role of government; and, lastly, how they access government (e.g: via Congress, the Judiciary, public opinion, etc.). "

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