CZ:POL 214: US Political Parties and Interest Groups
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Instructor: Shamira Gelbman
Email: sgelbman@ilstu.edu
Office Hours: T, Th 12:30-1:30 PM in 405 Schroeder Hall
What We'll Be Working On
The following is a list of articles that the members of POL 214 will be working on during the Fall 2009 semester. These articles will be closed to editing by other citizens until after the conclusion of the course, though we'd appreciate hearing any comments or suggestions you might have on their respective talk subpages.
- Interest group: In the United States, an organization (usually non-profit) that represents its members' interests by lobbying, publishing, or other activities, and may publish information presented as expert analysis. [e]
- American Association of Retired Persons: A U.S. public interest group representing the interests of people over the age of fifty. [e]
- American Cancer Society: American Cancer Society mission statement says “The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.” [e]
- American Farm Bureau: "Farm Bureau is an independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization governed by and representing farm and ranch families united for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational improvement, econmomic opportunity and social advancement and, thereby, to promote the national well-being." [e]
- American Federation of Teachers: The American Federation of Teachers is a labor union representing 1.4 million education professionals in pre-K, primary, secondary, and higher education, related school personnel; federal, state, and local government employees; and nurses and other healthcare professionals. [e]
- Amnesty International: International non-governmental organisation, founded in London in 1961, which draws attention to human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international standards. [e]
- Greenpeace: An organization devoted to environmental activism, founded in the United States and Canada in 1971. [e]
- League of Women Voters: "A non-partisan interest group involved in the political and civic education of women " [e]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: United States of America civil rights organization founded in 1909 "to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination" [e]
- National Rifle Association: A non-partisan, non-profit American interest group which claims promotion of gun ownership rights, firearm safety education, and marksmanship as its goals. [e]