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I.)AARP 1. Association for the advancement of retired peoples. 2. Membership- single-issue, ideological goal is a background secondary 3. to prevent the political fallout over budget + other issues from claiming the social security and the Medicare that they need. Also they want to expand these programs and lower the cost of medicine and drugs. 4. mainly purposive and monetary incentives to join through the many benefits such as lower health products, lower insurance and lower financial services. The reason it is purposive is in it’s size and uniform goal of senior social-welfare. 5. they donated large sums of money to various relief agencies for Japan and they are probably the strongest supporters of Obama’s health-care plan. Also they donate to social agencies such as manna-on-main-street. 6.mainly grass roots lobbying although since the organization is the biggest interest group in the pond it has a lot of capital to throw around if things get dicey for their targeted age group. They are grass roots because of the regional differences in health, wealth and medicine that lead to individualized changes often centered around one state. II.)AMA 1.American Medical Association 2. Membership-professional. It is professional because of the large percentage of doctors that comprised the majority of the group until recently with the Obama split caused by health-care reforms. 3.to shape the American medical field by increased benefits for doctors and medical staff as well as gaining grants for new and improved equipment, hospitals and legislation. 4. a.) Solidary- they attract members through the chance to be with others in the health care system as almost everyone was in the association (past-tense see #5) b.)Purposive- they are in line with what most of the doctors feel the goals of the federal government should be i.e. that the health care should be essentially free-market and that that doctors should be less reliable in legal matters. c.)Ideological-they were all doctors for the same cause, now this notion has fragmented (see #5) 5. during the recent health care bill during the first 100 days of Obama’s, the hierarchical elite of the AMA sided with the president on implementing the bill while most local doctors did not. This shift caused a dramatic decrease in low level members and factionalism within the group. Thus the organization is little more than a lobbying firm at the moment. 6. as stated in #5 the association is little more than a fiscal means to entrench protective legislation for doctors. Also as far as the bronze triangle is concerned they are in charge of a lot of legislation through the attention they are receiving currently as a means to social-medical dilemmas in America. III.)NAACP


 * 1) National association for the advancement of colored peoples
 * 2) Membership-Ideological
 * 3) children’s health, protecting working poor, strengthening hate-crime enforcement, health-care as a civil right and the curbing of predatory lending.
 * 4) solidary benefits are the most prominent as it is a very well known organization with a rich heritage and a prominent historical role. It is also somewhat purposive, however the large number of focuses lends the NAACP less to this type of retention strategy.
 * 5) The Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights of 2009 curbs predatory lending practices by credit card companies and was brought forth by the NAACP. Also the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009 was effectively campaigned and supported by the group.
 * 6) As with most civil rights groups it almost entirely grass roots oriented. Historical evidence can be seen in the civil rights movement that was spear-headed by the NAACP.

4. a. Annual Members 5000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Coverage b. Life Members 10000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Coverage c. NRA members killed in the line of Duty receive 25000 coverage d. 2500 Arms Coverage e. NEW and Enhanced insurance coverage 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Strategies used- The NRA employs a grassroots initiavtive where they encourage the use of guns in communities by providing funding for shooting. They also spend millions of dollars a year directly lobbying members of congress. They have been so powerful because of their focus on the issue of guns as well as the fear they instill in members of Congress because they are afraid to oppose the NRA.