Slide 1 9. Interest Groups. Slide 2 The Nature of Interest Groups. Slide 3 Types of Interest Groups. Slide 4 Interest Groups at Work. Slide 5 Slide 6 issues and events that concern the people at large Slide 7 Slide 8 includes all of the goals that a government pursues in the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved Slide 9 Slide 10 segments of the business community that have their own interest groups Slide 11 Slide 12 an organization of workers who share the same type of job or who work in the same industry Slide 13 Slide 14 seeks to institute certain public policies of benefit to all or most people in this country, whether or not they belong to or support that organization Slide 15 Slide 16 a technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors Slide 17 Slide 18 PACs that concentrate their efforts on one issue, such as abortion, gun control, or health care Slide 19 Slide 20 activities by which group pressures are brought to bear on legislators and the legislative process Slide 21 Slide 22 of or from the people, the average voters the folks back home Slide 23 Interest Groups. Slide 24 Families USA and Texas School for the Deaf. Slide 25 Berkeley, California. Slide 26 Interpreting Political Cartoons. Slide 27 1989 Oakland, California Earthquake. Slide 28 American Medical Association. Slide 29 Chamber of Commerce. Slide 30 Membership in Labor Unions. Slide 31 Farming of the Future. Slide 32 Voices on Government. Slide 33 Destination: The American Dream. Slide 34 Friends of the River Slide 35 International Association of Firefighters in 2004. Slide 36 Growth of PACs. Slide 37 Making Their Views Known. Slide 38 Rating Congress. Slide 39 Analyzing Political Cartoons.