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Definition of Interest group
1. Noun. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims. "The iron interests stepped up production"
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Generic synonyms: Social Group
Specialized synonyms: Special Interest, Vested Interest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interest Group
Literary usage of Interest group
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"According to the political scientist, David Truman, an interest group is "a ...
Changes in the relative influence of any interest group can be expected to ..."
2. Sociology in Its Psychological Aspects by Charles Abram Ellwood (1912)
"Normally, then, an interest group will not push its victory to extreme limits.
The doctrine of the absolute egoism of groups, and that political structures ..."
3. Conflict and Growth in Africa by Jean-Paul Azam, Christian Morrisson, Sophie Chauvin, Sandrine Rospabé (1999)
"The main demands of this interest group are: — hiring of employees by the public
sector (in the broad sense); — wage increases; — rapid growth in the number ..."
4. Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-Cities and Disasters in Transition by James K. Mitchell (1999)
"... hazards and interest group coalitions: Metropolitan Miami after hurricane
Andrew William D. ... interest group ..."
5. Empowerment Through Economic Transformation by Meshack M. Khosa (2001)
"Chapter 5 interest group Participation and Democratisation: The Role of the
National Economic Development and Labour Council c. ..."
6. Public Participation in Democratic Governance in South Africa by Gregory F. Houston, Richard Humphries, Ian Liebenberg (2001)
"Chapter 2 interest group participation in the National Economic Development and
Labour Council Gregory Houston, Ian Liebenberg and ..."
7. Introduction to the Study of Sociology by Edward Cary Hayes (1918)
"The manufacturers of woolen goods are an interest group, so also are the importers,
... Each interest group seeks to attach to itself not only all those who ..."
8. Land Or Peace: Whither Israel? by Yael Yishai (1987)
"One, espoused by David B. Truman, holds that an interest group forms as a result
of a crisis that disrupts the social equilibrium and triggers all those ..."
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