Noneconomic groups include public interest groups, single-issue groups, civil rights groups, and ideological groups. Disturbance theory, on the other hand, asserts that interest groups change in response to complex issues in society and calls on the government to react to these changes.

An interest group is an organized collection of individuals who work to influence government and policy. There are several different types of interest groups.

elections — formal group decision-making processes that elect individuals to public office or, in certain states and countries, allow citizens to select among policy preferences. political parties — groups that organize around a shared political ideology, with the primary goal of electing party members to positions in government. interest group — a group of people who organize in order to seek to influence a political outcome. transaction theory — a political theory, espoused by Robert H. Salisbury, that argues that political actors are not influenced by groups that have mobilized to enact change so much as they are….