Interest groups more often oppose than favor proposed policy changes.
Evidence
On the 1,357 proposed policy changes for which at least one interest group was coded as favoring or opposing change, in only 36 percent of the cases did most groups favor change, while in 55 percent of the cases most groups opposed change. — Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics, 116
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Interest groups shape policy independent of citizen and elite preferences. — Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics:…, 113; Business interest groups oppose policy changes less often than mass-based groups do.; Business and mass-based interest groups oppose proposed policy changes at similar rates — Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics:…, 152 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Business interest groups oppose policy changes less often than mass-based groups do.
#qualifies(0.85) - Business and mass-based interest groups oppose proposed policy changes at similar rates
#contradicts(0.80) — Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics, 152 - Powerful business interest groups actively oppose average citizens’ policy preferences.
#exemplifies(0.78) — Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, Testing Theories of American Politics, 133 - Expellee groups could veto policy options but not shape policy positively
#exemplifies(0.75) — Pertti Ahonen, Domestic Constraints on West German…, 178 - Interest groups neutralize regulation by watering down its operational rules
#qualifies(0.74) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1526