Download Commitment Theory & Organized Interests: Analyzing Social Movements & Interest Groups - Pr and more Exams Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! Political Science 3264 -- Interest Groups Exam 1 Professor Walcott Spring 2002 I. Multiple choice. Fill in the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet. Each question has just one correct answer. (2 points each) 1. What Prof. Walcott called "commitment theory" argues that a. people will choose to be "free riders" rather than join interest groups. b. social movements tend to attract people who are willing to make a long-term commitment. *c. interest group leaders tend to hold opinions more extreme than those of most followers. d. social movements will succeed if they are able to provide collective empowerment. 2. In Europe, the term "corporatism" describes a. the manner in which traditional monarchies are limited by elected legislatures. *b. the way certain producer interests are formally involved in negotiating public policy. c. the way that socialist parties have organized themselves like businesses. d. the way important social movements tend to overlap, or incorporate one another. 3. The distinguishing characteristic of a "public interest" group, according to Prof. Walcott, is that it * a. produces collective benefits. b. seeks what is best for the majority. c. usually reflects liberal values. d. seldom lasts for more than a few years. 4. Nownes prefers the term "organized interest" to the term "interest group" because a. the term "organized interest" is broad enough to include most social movements. b. Nownes argues that elements of the executive branch are "special interests" and should be included. c. the term "interest group" has become associated with corruption and arm-twisting. * d. the term "interest group" implies members, but many important interests are nonmembership organizations. 5. An example of an SPR organization would be a. the Christian Coalition. b. ACT UP c. AARP. * d. Al Qaeda. 6. Social constructionists see social movements as needing to construct their own a. sources of support. * b. identity. c. tactics. d. organizations. 7. In the case of the animal rights movement, it was found that the recruitment of "strangers" to the movement required a. social dramas. b. preexisting networks. c. resource mobilization. * d. moral shock. 8. In the U.S. in the 19th century, if one complained about "the interests," one was referring to a. newspaper monopolies. b. movements such as temperance and women's suffrage. c. radical labor groups like the IWW. * d. business. 9. When political parties successfully engage in interest aggregation, they are a. nominating candidates who agree ideologically. * b. forcing interest groups to compromise with each other. c. effectively communicating their platforms to the public. d. freeing themselves from influence by organized interests. 10. Eric L. Hirsch found that the single strongest predictor of whether a Columbia University student would join the divestment protest was the student's * a. liberalism. b. experience with protests. c. year in school. d. socially marginal status. 11. Which of the following theories is most closely associated with a normative defense of pluralism? a. Olson's "by-product" theory b. Salisbury's "exchange" theory * c. Truman's "disturbance" theory d. Freeman's "resource mobilization" theory
