Interest group  

Interessenvertretung   (german)

used for: Pressure group

Narrower Terms

• Association    
• Association of local authorities    
• Business association    
• Charitable organization    
• Citizen's action committee    
• Consumers' association    
• Development organization    
• Environmental organization    
• Joint authority    
• Non-governmental organization    
• Occupational organization    
• Political party    
• Religious community    
• Social partners    
• Youth organization    

Broader Terms

• Nonprofit organization    

Related Terms

• Corporatism    
• Institutional economics    
• Interest-group theory    
• Lobbying    
• Membership    
• Officials    
• Organization law    
• Pluralism    
• Political opinion formation    
• Self help    
• Social group    
• Social movement    
• Stakeholder    

Subject Categories

• N.04.02.04 Political Organizations and Movements  
• N.06.04.02 Organization and Organizational Behaviour  
• V.01.04 Public Choice  
• W.23.02 Interest Groups  

Links to other Thesauri and Vocabularies

=	Interessengemeinschaft   (from SWD)
=	Interessenverband   (from SWD)
=	Interessenvertretung   (from SWD)
≅	Interessenvertretung   (from DBpedia)
=	pressure group   (from Thesoz)
=	interest group   (from Thesoz)
=	representation of interests   (from Thesoz)
>	lobby   (from Thesoz)
=	Interest groups   (from Agrovoc)

Persistent Identifier (for bookmarking and linking)

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