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Explore the dynamics of interest groups, social movements, and think tanks in shaping foreign policy decisions. Learn about lobbying, coalition building, and grassroots mobilization strategies. Discover the historical impact of Cold War and post-Vietnam eras on group politics. Dive into the role of think tanks as influential policy research organizations, despite challenges like lack of public oversight and potential groupthink.
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Group Politics • Interest groups • Social movements • Think Tanks
Group Life Cycles • Early life • Later life • Survival and success: • Political instability effects • Insider/outsider effects • Issue salience effects
Group Influence • Lobbying • Influencing agendas, public opinion and elections • Consultation • Recruitment • Visibility/activities
Strategies of Group Influence Direct – inside Indirect – outside Coalition building Grassroots mobilization • Access to power • Technocrat
Phases of Group Politics: The Cold War • Patterns • Types of groups: anticommunist • National security and public policy • Veterans and military support • Public and civic groups • Businesses and corporations • Labor unions • Religious groups • Ethnic groups • Results: direct and indirect
The Cold War and Military-Industrial-Scientific Infrastructure • Military establishment • Industry • Congress • Academia
The Cold War and the Foreign Policy Establishment • Shared history • Focus on anticommunism • Commitment to global leadership • Preference for the political center • Work under the radar
1960s: The Rise of Movements Left Right Neo-conservatism Christian right • Civil Rights • Violent, non-violent • Anti-war
Phases of Group Politics:Post-Vietnam • Collapse of the foreign policy establishment • Proliferation of groups, diversity and activism • Pervasive military-industrial-scientific infrastructure
Post-Cold War Military-Industrial-Scientific Infrastructure • Continuation of roles: military, industry, congress and academia • 70s-80s: challenged • Downsizing • Post-9/11 renewal
Think Tanks • over past 20 years think tanks have become influential actors in foreign policy realm • are research organizations with primary purpose as public policy research and influence policy debate • important because all research done is meant to influence policy, channel views directly and attuned to daily shifts in political interests • what do they do? • think, write and publish • advocate particular policy positions • define issues, set agendas and stake out different policy positions • do a lot of government thinking for them • Problems • private organization with no public oversight • groupthink