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Crash Course Government and Politics
Interest Group Formation: Crash Course Government #43
Season 1
Episode 43
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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