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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.
Interest Group “Policy Agendas” : What Are They? And How Might We Study Them?
Interest Group “Policy Agendas” : What Are They? And How Might We Study Them?
What mix of issues will a given interest group define as broadly relevant? How will the group then prioritize a subset of these issues to put on its agenda and closely monitor them with an eye toward doing more? And how do interest groups select the small number of issues on which they will actually lobby? Answers to these questions are highly salient for our understanding of the role of interest groups and their lobbyists in modern democratic societies. Most importantly, they will help us assess the dynamics that sift and filter salient voices and perspectives ...
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