campaign finance
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

business pressure in politics
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

political action committees
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

farm lobby
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

third sector
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

professional lobbies
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

interest groups and lobbies
type: Concept
narrower: advocacy groups
narrower: campaign finance
narrower: pressure groups
narrower: business pressure in politics
narrower: labor unions
narrower: davos conference
narrower: third sector
narrower: public interest groups
narrower: professional lobbies
narrower: political action committees
narrower: patron-client networks
narrower: farm lobby
narrower: interest aggregation and articulation
narrower: proletariat
narrower: lobbying
definition: The study of interest groups lies at the intersection of many fields of political science, although it is commonly associated with democratic systems. American political science often associates interest group studies with the study of political participation, linking to the study of electoral politics, campaigns, and elections. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Interest Groups and Lobbies]
broader: political science

advocacy groups
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

pressure groups
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

labor unions
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

davos conference
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

public interest groups
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

patron-client networks
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

interest aggregation and articulation
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

proletariat
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

lobbying
type: Concept
broader: interest groups and lobbies

political science
type: Concept
narrower: interest groups and lobbies

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: interest groups and lobbies