In 2016, General Electric, along with its Appliance division, contributed $4,699,964 to congressional members and spent $7,025,000 on lobbying, some towards the PATENT Act, which amends federal patent law to add pleading and disclosure requirements for patent infringement actions. After reading the scenario, respond to A, B, and C below:

A. Describe one political behavior illustrated in this scenario.

B. In the context of the scenario, explain how the political behavior described in Part A can be affected by its interaction with Congress.

C. In the context of the scenario, explain how the interaction between Congress and the bureaucracy can be affected by linkage institutions.

A. The political behavior that is being explained here is what is known as lobbying.

The interest group here is the business General Electric. They are trying to get laws that would be in their favor. In return for the favor, they are going to support the congress financially.

B. The political behavior in A can be affected by congress through the role that those legislators in congress have in the making of laws.

The interest group has to keep a good relationship with congress members so as to help promote their agenda.

C. The interaction can be affected through the social impact that interest groups have with the public.

Interest groups have the power to shape and influence the opinion of the members of the public.

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Explanation:

A. Describe one political behavior illustrated in this scenario.

General Electric is the interest group who is spending money on the lobbying. The purpose of political lobbying is to persuade and convince the congressional members and government leaders to create such legislation that will benefit the interest groups and in return the interest group support them financially by funding their election campaigns.

B. In the context of the scenario, explain how the political behavior described in Part A can be affected by its interaction with Congress.

The political behavior described in Part A can be affected by its interaction with Congress because congressional members play a vital role in the policy making. The interest groups try to maintain good relations with the congressional members because they can promote their agenda and put pressure on government in policy making that will benefit them.

C. In the context of the scenario, explain how the interaction between Congress and the bureaucracy can be affected by linkage  institutions

The interaction between Congress and the bureaucracy can be affected by linkage institutions because interest groups have social impact and they can mold the public opinion according to their own will. The General Electric spent a lot of money on lobbying that may cause people in congress and bureaucracy support their agenda and therefore, most likely the interaction between Congress and the bureaucracy will be affected.

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thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

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