Essay on Political Parties and Interest Groups
1). In your opinion, why do people tend to identify less with political parties? And does it matter?
People tend to identify less with political parties because people view political parties as complex bureaucratic structures, which have little to do with interests and needs of the average people. In addition, people perceive political parties as institutions that stand for certain ideological framework. The lack of identification of people with political parties raises the problem of the widening gap between the political elite and people.
2). Name three corporations that spend a lot of money (for 2013) to lobby the government and that get their views supported through the approval of policies.
Companies lobbying their interests in the US rely heavily on the government contracts. In this regard, it is worth mentioning such companies as Boeing, General Electric and Google. Boeing and General Electric are traditional companies oriented on lobbying. At the same time, Google is a new player but role of such companies as Google in lobbying is likely to increase in the future.
3). Does the government have a right to regulate the money spend to lobby it (gov’t)? Why/why not?
The government does not have the right to regulate the money spend to lobby because lobbyist groups emerge respectively to the emergence of interest groups. Each interest group stands for its own interests. The government regulation of money spend on lobbying will create unfair condition for lobbying that may put some companies into an advantageous position, while others can fail to maintain the fair competition in the market.
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