Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)MADD is an interest group and to be more precise a single-issue interest group because it was established with the main objective of advocate against drunk driving. (Baumgartner and Beth 25-26). MADD works to prevent drunk driving, it provides support to victims of drunk driving, tries to stop underage use of alcohol, and finally it advocates for more strict alcohol policies. The goals and accusative of Mothers Against Drunk Driving organization have no direct benefit to the members of the group but rather the goals benefit the whole community.In my point of view, MADD is making a positive contribution to democracy.For democracy contribution, citizens’ participation in public life is needed. MADD aid this support in various ways such as lobbying for strict alcohol policies e.g. the legal drinking age to be 21, advocating that the legislators enforce tough laws and restrictions on drunk driving and push for tougher child endangerment laws (Berry 31-33).The pluralism theory of justice requires participatory type of government whereby the public for their own good influences the government’s rules and regulations. In regard to this concept, many single-issue interest groups similar to MADD such National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) against abortion attempts to change the government policies, laws and regulations so that they can be of great benefit to the public and uphold human rights of the citizens.Most interest groups advertise campaigns trying to influence public opinion on a serious concern of the community and carry out legal strategies influence court decisions to be in support of their goals. The pluralism theory acknowledges the positive contribution of these interest groups on the government.

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Baumgartner, Frank R., and Beth L. Leech. Basic Interests: the Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998. Print.

Berry, Jeffrey M. Lobbying for the People: the Political Behavior of Public Interest Groups. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1977. Print.