In addition, many members of Congress have personalized Web pages and there are various Web sites that give much information about politicians and politics. You are also to write a paper on an interest group. An excellent place to begin your research is with The Encyclopedia of Associations and Regional, State, and Local Organizations . Both books are in the reserve section of our library and give the addresses and telephone numbers of thousands of interest groups. Ideally, you will write to your group to receive their literature and, if possible, do an interview with interest group leaders if they have offices in the Los Angeles area.
Interviews are an excellent way to learn about politics.
You can also find out about the group by accessing their web page, which most of the large ones have. You should not, however, restrict yourself to the Web page for your information on the group as these are, for understandable reasons, subjective portraits of the group in question. You should also do library research on group and the issue that it represents. Tell me about the goals pursued by group leaders and evaluate the likely political outcome of the movement. Provide a critical analysis of the group in question using the insights on interest groups that you will have gleaned from the course material.