Question

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Select an interest group to study and write about, There are hundreds of interest groups to choose from, so, pick one that represents your particular interests. Suggestion: Google search an interest group and you'll see lots of options; this will involve extensive sorting and combing.

Answer 1

interest group is an organization of people who have a common interest and work together to protect and promote that interest by influencing the government. Interest groups varies in size, aims, and stratergies. some of the functions of interest groups are educate the public about policy issues,provide average citizens with an avenue of access to activism,mobilize citizens to stimulate them to participate in civic and political affairs,perform electoral functions etc
i have selected economic interest group

Economic Interest Groups

Economic interest groups are one of the five broad categories of interest groups in the US. These groups advocate for the economic interest and benefits of their members.Money has significant influence in capitalist societies, so economic interest groups are numerous and powerful. These groups are usually well funded because members willingly contribute money in the hopes of reaping greater political influence and profit.Economic interest groups are varied, and for any given issue there will be a large number of competing interest groups. Categories of economic interest groups include those representing business, labor, professional and agricultural interests.

Eg:AFL-CIO

large corperations can be considered as economic interst group,because they try to inflence the policy as their own and joining the trade union comprised of bussiness association with similar goals.eg-wall mart

unions are type of economic interest group.They are comprised of people who share a common type of employement.union seks better working conditions and wages for their members

professional associations also vcan be categorise as economic interests group as they are formed by people of similar employment.eg-American bar assocition

trade associations are included in the categorary as they are the groups focused on specific business or industries.eg-chamber of commerce