SOCIOLOGY 311-Find an internet site for an interest/advocacy group

SOCIOLOGY 311

Political Sociology

Assignment 2: Interest Groups (100 pts)

Due: Saturday of Week 5 by 11:55 p.m. ET

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Instructions:

1. Find an internet site for an interest/advocacy group (some examples include Tea Party, MoveOn.org, NRA, Nature Conservancy, PETA, etc).

2. Turn in a 2-3 page report containing the name, type, and issues of the group. Describe some of the strategies that the group uses and how the interest group utilizes the website to employ the strategies. Explain whom the interest group targets and the impact of the group on public policy in light of and using concepts from our readings as appropriate. Do you personally subscribe to this group’s ideas/ ideology? What do you think is the appeal of these issues to contemporary society at large?

Please site the sources you are using in the APA format (interest group's website, class textbooks, etc.).

Format:

• APA-style formatting
• Typed
• 1” margins
• Double-spaced
• Arial or Time New Roman, 12 pt font

Grading Rubric:

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Assignment 2 meets the following course objectives:

CO1: Explain selected theories of political sociology

CO2: Differentiate among the different components of civil society

CO3: Explain the sources of power and effects of organized interests

CO4: Describe processes of political action

Submission