Business, Society and Government Essentials, 3rd Edition

Chapter 7STRATEGIES OF SOCIETAL AND BUSINESS INTEREST GROUPS

DOI: 10.4324/9781003181552-10

Learning Competencies

In this chapter, you will find out the answers to these key questions:

• What are societal and business interest groups, and what is the difference between them?
• What strategies do societal activists and business interest groups use against each other?

Learning Competencies

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

• 7–1. Describe the objective and roles of societal activists
• 7–2. Compare and contrast societal interest groups’ and business interest groups’ operations and financing
• 7–3. Explain the difference between peak and trade groups and their advantages and disadvantages
• 7–4. Describe the objectives and roles of business ...