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Vested interest (Crano, 1983; [1] Crano & Prislin, 1995; [2] Sivacek & Crano, 1982 [3]) is a communication theory that seeks to explain how an attitude of self-interest can affect behavior; or, in more technical terms, to question how certain hedonically relevant (Miller & Averbeck, 2013) [4] attitudinal dimensions can influence and consistently predict behavior based on the degree of ...
Iron triangle (US politics) In United States politics, the "iron triangle" comprises the policy -making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, [ 2] as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams. [ 3][ 4] Earlier mentions of this 'iron triangle' concept are in a 1956 Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report as ...
Special interest group. A special interest group ( SIG) is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize conferences.
In politics, regulatory capture (also called agency capture) is a form of corruption of authority that occurs when a political entity, policymaker, or regulator is co-opted to serve the commercial, ideological, or political interests of a minor constituency, such as a particular geographic area, industry, profession, or ideological group. [ 1 ...
Examples of ergatocracy include communist revolutionaries and rebels who control most of society and establish an alternative economy for people and workers. See Dictatorship of the proletariat. Herrenvolk democracy: A form of government in which only a specific ethnic group participates in government, while other ethnic groups are ...
Vested interest (communication theory), a communication theory that seeks to explain how influences affect behavior; Vesting, a term used in law and finance to describe a right to possess an asset, in the present or at some point in the future
Advocacy group. Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy. [ 1] They play an important role in the development of political and social systems.
Interest convergence is a principle that suggests that social change for minority groups occurs when their interests align with those of the majority. [ 1] This shared interest can lead to the creation of new laws and policies. The theory was first coined by Derrick Bell. Bell was an American lawyer, theorist and civil rights activist in the ...