Interest Groups

  Read the following 2 pages attached and answer the questions. No need to do citations or a paper cover. No word count. Questions need to be answered completely.

1. Identify the various interest groups attempting to influence government policy in this case study.

2. What individuals other than Kim pushed the return to South Korea project on Kims behalf? What was the importance of having these particular individuals backing the project?

3. What benefits might these individuals (identified in question #2 above) be seeking in supporting the project to safely send Kim back to South Korea?

4. How might the interest groups (identified in question #1 above) enhance overall democracy?

5. Why might James Madison (Framer of the US COnstitution) approve of small, non-economic based interest groups being established in America?

6. What individuals and/or groups would benefit as free riders if the Kim project was successful? How would they benefit?