A policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost Majoritarian politics – everybody pays Social Security Military defense Cancer research Controversy usually over cost/ideology, not rival interest groups Figure 17.1 The Politics of Different Policy Issues Interest Group Politics Concentrated Benefits, Concentrated Costs – Interest group politics A policy in which one small group benefits and another – small group pays Labor - Business TV Broadcasters Cable Companies – Banks Insurance Companies – Fought by organized interest groups During the Great Depression, depositors besiege a bank hoping to get their savings out. A Superfund site in Houston, Texas, where bacteria were used to clean up harmful industrial waste. Client Politics: Concentrated Benefits, Distributed Costs Client politics A policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody – pays Farmers Airlines Pork-barrel legislation Logrolling Legitimacy Entrepreneurial Politics: Distributed Benefits, Concentrated Entrepreneurial Politics A policy in almost everybody benefits and a small – group pays the cost Auto safety/antipollution Brady Bill Policy entrepreneurs activists who pull together a political majority on behalf of – unorganized interests The Case of Business Regulation Majoritarian Politics Interest Group Politics Client Politics
Majoritarian politics – A policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays Social Security Military defense Cancer research Controversy usually over cost/ideology, not rival interest groups Figure 17.1 The Politics of Different Policy Issues Interest Group Politics – Concentrated Benefits, Concentrated Costs Interest group politics – A policy in which one small group benefits and another small group pays Labor - Business TV Broadcasters – Cable Companies Banks – Insurance Companies Fought by organized interest groups During the Great Depression, depositors besiege a bank hoping to get their savings out. A Superfund site in Houston, Texas, where bacteria were used to clean up harmful industrial waste. Client Politics: Concentrated Benefits, Distributed Costs Client politics – A policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays Farmers Airlines Pork-barrel legislation Logrolling Legitimacy Entrepreneurial Politics: Distributed Benefits, Concentrated Entrepreneurial Politics – A policy in almost everybody benefits and a small group pays the cost Auto safety/antipollution Brady Bill Policy entrepreneurs – activists who pull together a political majority on behalf of unorganized interests The Case of Business Regulation Majoritarian Politics Interest Group Politics Client Politics
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