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With its broad spectrum of scholarship on interest groups past and present, Interest Group Politics brings together noted political scientists to provide comprehensive coverage and cutting-edge research on the role and impact of interest groups in U.S. politics, all geared to an undergraduate audience. In the wake of the Citizens United decision and the growth of lobbying into a multi-billion dollar industry, this trusted classic provides students with a guide to the influence and reach of interest groups.
We Have Met the Lobbyists and They Are Us : When Governments Lobby Governments
We Have Met the Lobbyists and They Are Us : When Governments Lobby Governments
Interest groups and lobbying permeate all aspects of American politics. Groups affect the mobilization of voters and the fate of candidates, and lobbying affects both the development and administration of law. The most dramatic aspects of group influence are well reported, but key characteristics related to groups, lobbying, and governance remain overlooked. Our federal system and bureaucratic lobbying, two frequently overlooked features of American politics, animate this chapter.1
First, lobbying in a federal system is complicated by multiple venues for interest representation, allowing organized interests to pursue their claims at the local, state, ...
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