POLS 312 - Interest Groups and Collective Action

Units: 3
Three hours lecture per week
Prerequisite(s): POLS 150
The course surveys political interest groups by examining the contrast between political parties and elections versus interest groups and lobbying, the logic behind collective action; the institutional arrangements governments use to channel group demands, and interest group resources, strategies and tactics in asserting influence. The course will examine groups in different issue domains, and make distinctions between interest groups and social movements.