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Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States offers a thematic analysis of interest groups and lobbying in American politics over the course of American political history. It explores how interest groups have organized and articulated their support for numerous issues, and how they have they grown – both in numbers and range of activities – to become an integral part of the U.S. political system. Beginning with the foundations of interest groups during the late 19th-century Gilded Age, to the contemporary explosive growth of lobbying, Political Action Committees, and new forms of interest group cyberpolitics, readers are provided with multiple approaches to understanding the complex and changing interest advocacy sphere. This authoritative work will find an audience not only with students and scholars, but also with policy advocates.
Interest Groups and Political Parties: The Politics of Representation
Interest Groups and Political Parties: The Politics of Representation
Interest groups and political parties have a storied place in American history, despite the ambivalence the framers of the U.S. Constitution felt about them. Today, many citizens consider interest groups and political parties sources of corruption and abuse. Among those holding these views are individuals who identify with, are members of, and even ...
