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Interest Group Formation: Crash Course Government #43

Welcome to school without the classroom! Host Craig Benzine takes you through a tour of US government and politics.

Interest Group Formation: Crash Course Government #43

Season 1 Episode 43 | 8m 53s

So last week we talked about what special interest groups are and how they influence the political system, and today we're going to focus on why we even have them in the first place. As to avoid getting too cynical, we're going to focus on five benefits of special interest groups and look at how these factor weigh in a group's formation and size.

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