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:
I also investigate whether the cohesiveness or fragmentation of interest group preferences affects bureaucratic responsiveness.
In addressing them, we begin with a summary of the extant literature on interest group formation.
For example, the journal reading club model has been used elsewhere as has the uni-professional interest group.
We then explore interest group strategies for influencing politicians and voters, in particular informational activities aimed at the larger public and policy-makers.
In such a scenario, interest group influence should be substantial.
When assessing interest group lobbying success we must consider what they sought and what they got, allowing room for degrees of success.
Hence, this pattern of interest group activity leads to capture.
At this stage, the movement is invested in conventional politics and may be hard to distinguish from an interest group.
