How can government function if elected officials owe their electoral success to promises made to competing interest groups, especially as these groups work outside government and are not required to compromise on legislative issues?
Political Parties now compete with Interest Groups for members, money and attention. This is somewhat logical. Is it not a single issue or a single set of issues that lure a person into politics? Interest Groups often presents themselves as the purer way to be civically engaged. A citizen can focus all their energy and […]