POLI 100E, Interest Group Politics: Topics 3 and 4, Theories of Interest Groups

Topic 1, Why Study Interest Groups?
Topic 2, Why are There so Many Interest Groups?
Topics 3 and 4, Theories of Interest Groups
Topics 5 and 7, Interest Groups and Congress
Topic 6, Interest Groups and National Elections

1. The Ideological Bases of American Politics
   
   
   1. The Basic Space of American Politics
      
      The Basic Space of American Politics
      The Basic Space of American Politics (1)
      The Basic Space of American Politics (2)
      The Basic Space of American Politics (3)
      The Basic Space of American Politics (4)
      The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics
      Belief System Basics
      
      
   2. Constructing Ideological Maps
      
      Driving Distances Between Cities
      MDS Map From Driving Distances
      Driving Distances (Rectangle)
      MDS Map From Distances (Rectangle)
      Roll Call Voting as an Unfolding Problem
      The NOMINATE model of Roll Call Voting
      12 Legislator Voting Example
      The 88^th (1963-64) U. S. Senate
      Utility Function
      Utility Function in Two Dimensions
      Utility Function Contours Two Dimensions
      Two Dimensional Utility Function (From Ordeshook)
      Utility Function Contours Two Dimensions (2)
      Two Fundamental Types of Utility Functions
      Utility Functions of Extremists
      12 Legislator Voting Example
      The 88^th (1963-64) U. S. Senate
      The 1964 Civil Rights Act
      The 108^th (2003-04) U.S. Senate
      The 108^th Senate: Estrada Cloture Motion
      The 108^th Senate: Late Term (Partial Birth) Abortion
      The 108^th Senate: State Fiscal Relief
      
      
   3. Measuring Political Polarization
      
      House Means: 1879 - 2004
      Senate Means: 1879 - 2004
      Party Polarization: 1879 - 2004
      Income Share and Polarization: 1913 - 1998
      The Lorenz Curve and Gini Index
      Gini Index and Polarization: 1947 - 2001
      Percent Foreign Born and Polarization: 1880 - 2002
      
   
   
2. The Concept of Pluralism
   
   The Basics of Pluralism
   The Flies in the Ointment
   The Geometry of Pluralism
   
   
3. The Logic of Collective Action
   
   The Collective Action Problem
   Mancur Olsen's The Logic of Collective Action