0 a group or organization with particular aims and ideas that tries to influence the government:
1 a group of people or organizations who work to support an interest, principle, etc. that they all have:
Mass movements or, for that matter, vigorous action by public officials may upset the interest group balance.
Again, the interest group variable is significant and in the predicted direction.
Again, the interest group coefficient is diminished from 3.801 to 2.723 under higher levels of congressional observation.
This kind of public interest group is more likely to be active in liberal democracies.
The delayed stabilization model argues that conflict causes a delay in implementing policy, as each interest group attempts to increase its share of the benefits.
I operationalize interest group influence by coding the written comments provided by organized interests.
A misfit of identity and issue is possible if the interest group lacks control over its agenda.
At this stage, the movement is invested in conventional politics and may be hard to distinguish from an interest group.
