Watch Public Interest Groups, 1977

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. THROUGHOUT THE LAST DECADE, PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS HAVE CONTINUED TO PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. NOTED POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND AUTHOR THOMAS CRONIN EXPLAINS WHAT THESE GROUPS ARE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, ASSESSES THEIR FUTURE, AND WEIGHS THEIR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS. INTERVIEWS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL OF THE LARGER PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS OFFER AN INSIDE GLIMPSE AT THEIR OPERATION.

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