What is the role of interest groups in the policy process?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
A. Problem Identification: help to identify problems that need attention by Congress
B. Agenda Setting: help to apply pressure on elected officials to put issues on agenda or to block them
C. Policy Formulation: interest groups help to influence the content of policy through bargaining, negotiating, and compromising that takes place during the process; they also propose alternatives, testify in front of committees and subcommittees
D. Program Evaluation: monitor programs, bring attention to programs that don't work
E. Other roles: play a role in campaigns by recruiting or endorsing candidates, providing money, distributing literature, financing ads; they also lobby the President, the courts and bureaucracies.
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