the American political tradition of association
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Special interest groups and factions means the same thing but James Madison preferred to call it factions.
James Madison.
Contemporary political scientists call groups with a particular agenda interest groups. In colonial times, James Madison called these groups factions.
Contemporary political scientists call groups with a particular agenda interest groups. In colonial times, James Madison called these groups factions.
Special interest groups are often called factions, because they fall under the definition given by James Madison in Federalist #10. Quoting Madison, factions are "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens."
James Madison viewed interest groups in a negative light, viewing them as factions that were dangerous to the government, and that they must be controlled.
fractures* divide the country into special interest groups, and the country needs to be united to succeed.
Madison argued that in an extensive Republic interest groups (factions as he called them) will be so numerous and varied that no one faction or group of factions will be able to control government and impose their will on the minority.
He feared their power.
Factions
Factions
James Madison wrote about his concern regarding factions in his famous essay, "The Federalist No. 10." He believed that factions, or groups of individuals united by a common interest or opinion, were a natural and inevitable part of human nature. Madison argued that the danger of factions lied in their potential to oppress the rights of others or undermine the public good, but that a large and diverse republic with multiple factions could help control their effects through a system of checks and balances.