Objective:
Warm-up:
Different interest groups will choose different techniques to achieve their objectives based on their resources, characteristics, and goals.
a. Describe each of the following techniques and explain why an interest gorup would choose each technique.
*litigation
*campaign contributions
*grassroots lobbying/mass mobilization
b. Select one of the following groups and identify the primary technique it uses from the list in part (a). Explain why the group you selected would employ that technique over the other two techniques.
*American Medical Association (AMA)
*Sierra Club
*National Rifle Association (NRA)
*National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)