🗳️ap comparative government review

Interest group systems

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Frameworks that structure how organized groups represent citizen interests and gain access to policy making, including pluralist and corporatist models.

AP course connection

Topic 4.6: 4.6 Pluralist and Corporatist Interests in Government

Unit 4

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