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interest group, any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on the basis of one or more shared concerns, attempts to influence public policy in its favour. All interest groups share a desire to affect government policy to benefit themselves or their causes.
Interest groups are groups of people, whether loosely or formally organized, that work to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected themselves. Sometimes also called “special interest groups” or “advocacy groups,” interest groups typically work to affect public policy in ways that benefit themselves or ...
Though special interest groups have always been a part of American political and social life (spearheaded by such organizations as abolitionists, suffragists, and prohibitionists), both the number and diversity of groups has exploded in the United States during the last few decades.
Interest groups are groups of people who organize in order to seek to influence a political outcome or seek to alter public policies on the basis of a common interest or concern. The universe of interest groups is as vast in number as it is in scope.
An interest group is designed to protect special niche interests such as the interests of minorities, businesses, workers, and the government. Examples of interest groups include Oxfam, the World Wildlife Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Greenpeace.
Interests and interest groups in all types of political systems can be placed broadly in five categories: economic interests, cause groups, public interests, private and public institutional interests, and non-associational groups and interests.
Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimately public policy. [1]