The Coordinated (And Mutually Beneficial)activities of Interest Groups, Congress, and the Bureaucracy

question 54

Multiple Choice

The coordinated (and mutually beneficial) activities of interest groups, Congress, and the bureaucracy to achieve shared policy goals, sometimes against the general interests of society or specific groups within it, best describes

• A)agency capture.
• B)the iron triangle.
• C)internal lobbying.
• D)illegal lobbying.

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Definitions:

Patent

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Federal Government

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