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The iron triangle deals with the complex relationship between interest groups the government bureaucracy and?
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The complex relationship between interest groups the government bureaucracy and Congress is referred to as?
the iron triangle.
The cooperation between interest groups federal agencies and related congressional committees is often referred to as the?
Iron triangle
What is the significance of the iron triangle?
The "Iron Triangle" is a term used to refer to the relationships between regulators, the regulated and -- in the U.S. federal context -- Congress.It distills the obvious but somewhat obscure fact that individual regulatory decisions tend to be of interest to a relatively small number of actors, that those actors thus learn very well what they can about those who regulate them, and that they make their causes known to power centers that can influence those regulators, such as Representatives and Senators with some interest in the actor or in the regulatory decision.The simplicity of the triangle illustrates that each "corner" relates to the other two. The "iron" element indicates the strength of those relations. As the term has been used in quasi-popular expressions, it comes with a whiff of improper public exclusion from the deliberative process by which the supposedly independent agency is to arrive at its regulatory decision, typically either a rule (generally applicable) or a license (particularly applicable).The Iron Triangle thus also implicitly indicates the fact that regulatory decisions about complex activity are based on a considerable knowledge base. This is indicated by the number of PhDs who work at EPA, or the fact that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cannot license a nuclear power plant without knowledge of reactors, uranium, cooling systems, etc.In this rarefied world, public participation is discontinuous and of irregular weight. (How many members of the public understand atomic reactors enough to meaningfully engage with NRC licensing?). This caused activists in the 1960s and 1970s (inspired by Rachel Carson's "The Sea Around Us" and "Silent Spring" and Ralph Nader's "Unsafe at Any Speed") to question the regulators' adherence to "the public interest", as they saw it, in their deliberations and decisions.The high cost of acquiring influential knowledge, to say nothing of sustaining the kind of ongoing effort necessary to participate in federal procedures, is more easily borne by those with the most at stake in the choices facing the regulators, that is -- the regulated. The regulated -- at the federal level -- are almost by definition big corporations with considerable income streams implicated by rule making and license granting. From the activist standpoint, this corporate self-interest, and its involvement in the regulatory process, leads to decision-making by regulators at the expense of the public interest, as they see it.And so they focus when possible on their point-of-entry, members of Congress and, in the case of general policy agreement, other members of the Presidential administration in power (although for literary preference this fourth corner fails tomake the triangle into a square -- it is more of a second floor at that corner of the triangle).Inevitably, these political corners lead beyond, to the constituencies so represented, to activate concern and mobilize support -- thereby strengthening the activist voicewith more of what it possesses, links to the public. Content-sharing activism, web communities and other non-traditional forms of association and speech enable such participants to influence officeholders, or defeat them if necessary.An early cousin of the "Iron Triangle" is the more abstract, "agency capture." This term was coined to reflect the fact that the specialized knowledge bases upon which such procedures were based would inevitably result in the government agency in question hiring experts from industry and vice versa. This in turn would eliminate the independence of the agency and subvert its official task to monied interests.Unsurprisingly, the experts would move between employers through the fabled "revolving door," which in depicting easy departure and arrival emphasized an us-versus-them strain in the activist view of officialdom.This is played out at a partisan level when Obama Administration critics attack EPA for hiring high-ranking policymakers from activist organizations such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, or in the Bush Administration when critics scored the hiring of oil industry executives to police energy policy.
Classification of triangle?
Classification of triangles according to sides: -Scalene Triangle - a triangle with no 2 congruent sides. -Isosceles Triangle - a triangle with at least 2 congruent sides. -Equilateral Triangle - a triangle with 3 congruent sides. Classification of triangles according to angles: -acute triangle - a triangle with 3 acute angles. -right triangle - a triangle with one right angle. -equiangular triangle - a triangle with 3 congruent angles. -obtuse triangle - a triangle with one obtuse angle.
What is a client group in the government?
Client groups are individuals and groups who work for the agencies of the government that work most closely with those agencies. For example: farmers work most closely with the Department of Agriculture, defense contractors such as Lockheed-Martin and Boeing work with the Department of Defense, pharmaceutical companies work with the FDA. These groups act as "special interests" and lobby Congress and the agency itself for more money for programs and services. The lobbyists working for these client groups write letters, attend meetings, testify at agency hearings, and keep track of legislation affecting their particular agency. Congressmen are often approached and pressured by these lobbyists and this leads to much of the "pork-barrel" spending in Washington. Client groups are also part of what is referred to as the "iron triangle" in the government. Basically the "iron triangle" consists of Government Departments/Agencies (Client Groups), Congress, and Interest Groups. Each group cross-pressures the other groups for mutual benefit. The group is named iron as each of the members of the triangle has the ability to satisfy the other's needs. Many of the policies in the government developed as a result of this relationship. For example, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has several client groups (representing corporations). People working for that department want to keep their jobs and expand their services. Congressional committees work with those agencies and many of the client groups are based in those politician's home states. To satisfy the mandate of the people for a "safe America," the continued employment of people who work for the DHS, and the continued sales of equipment, supplies, and materials provided by those client groups' corporations, they must all work together. The triangle is called "iron" because it is so difficult to influence the three parts of it from the outside. Members in the triangle move freely from one part of the triangle to the other. Former Congress members and their staff often become lobbyists after political life or they get appointed to government agencies (patronage). Many critics point out that "iron triangles" allow special interests to unduly influence Washington and would like to see legislation passed to break up such triangles.
The complex relationship between interest groups the government bureaucracy and Congress is referred to as?
the iron triangle.
The iron triangle deals with the complex relationship between interest groups the government bureaucracy and .?
Congress
The triangle describes the complex relationship between interest groups the government bureaucracy and Congress.?
iron
The triangle describes the complex relationship between interest groups the government bureaucracy and Congres?
iron
The term iron triangle has been used to describe?
The iron triangle refers to the complex relationship between interest groups, Congress, and the federal bureaucracy.
Interest groups the federal bureaucracy and Congress make up the so-called .?
Interest groups the federal bureaucracy and Congress form the iron triangle.
Interest groups the federal bureaucracy and Congress make up the so-called?
Interest groups the federal bureaucracy and Congress form the iron triangle.
What is the term used to describe the policy-making relationship between the legislature and interest groups?
the iron triangle
What is the term used to describe the policy making relationship between the legislature and interest groups?
the iron triangle
Is an example of an iron triangle?
Stable, permanent relationship between agencies, congressional committees, and an interest group -plato
What agency or department is likely to have strong allies from a group of particular states in Congress?
Those in the iron triangle are likely to have strong allies from a particular state in congress. It is made of congressional committees, bureaucracy and interest groups.
What relationship does the angle of a triangle have with its height?
It depends on the triangle. There is no description of this relationship that fits all triangles.
