= Wilson-Lowi Matrix =

The '''Wilson-Lowi Matrix''' is a framework for thinking about interest group politics.

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== Formulation ==

|| || ||<-2>'''''BENEFITS''' from public policy''||
|| || ||''Concentrated''||''Diffuse''||
||<|2>'''''COSTS''' from public policy''||''Concentrated''||Interest Group politics||Entrepreneural politics||
||''Diffuse''||Client politics||Majoritarian politics||

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== History ==

This theory was developed by Theodore Lowi and James Wilson.

Lowi thought about policy in the following categories:

 * distributive policy
 * redistributive policy
 * regulative policy
 * constituent policy

Wilson reformulated this into categories of political systems, and those being determined by the distribution of costs and benefits.



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