BIL Association is an interest group based in California that ...

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BIL Association is an interest group based in California that engages in lobbying through legislators and bureaucrats to promote trade. The group mobilizes and organizes societal interests freely, in a decentralized fashion.
 
  The group is unable to conduct one
  of its events in a state that is non-democratic in nature, as one of its main requirements
  is that the political opportunity structure be wide open. This implies that BIL Association
  works under a ________ pattern.
  A. corporatist
  B. pluralist
  C. primordialist
  D. determinist
  E. socialistic

Question 2

Which of the following differentiates a pluralist and a corporatist pattern?
 
  A. Under corporatism there is a free market in interest group formation as opposed to
  under pluralism.
  B. Under pluralism, the government centrally organizes societal interests, while under
  corporatism, the state plays relatively little role in fostering or impeding interest
  group formation.
  C. Under pluralism, collective action takes the top-down approach, while corporatism
  promotes the grassroots mobilization of people.
  D. The pluralistic pattern requires that interest groups have institutionalized channels
  of representation in the state as opposed to the corporatist pattern which
  encourages interest groups to mobilize and organize societal interests freely.
  E. While in the pluralist pattern, interest groups form from within civil society, in the
  corporatist pattern the state influences interest group formation.

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

E