Preface | p. ix |
Contributors | p. xi |
Introduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Group Politics | p. 1 |
Group Organization | |
Targeting Success: The Enduring Power of the NRA | p. 37 |
Politics of Tribal Recognition: Casinos, Culture, and Controversy | p. 65 |
A More Level Playing Field or a New Mobilization of Bias? Interest Groups and Advocacy for the Disadvantaged | p. 86 |
Big-Money Donors to Environmental Groups: What They Give and What They Get | p. 108 |
Interest Organization Communities: Their Assembly and Consequences | p. 130 |
Groups in the Electoral Process | |
Getting the Spirit? Religious and Partisan Mobilization in the 2004 Elections | p. 157 |
Interest Group Money in Elections | p. 182 |
527s: The New Bad Guys of Campaign Finance | p. 212 |
Groups in the Policy Process | |
Nonprofit Organizations as Interest Groups: The Politics of Passivity | p. 235 |
Is Corporate Lobbying Rational or Just a Waste of Money? | p. 256 |
Identity Crisis: How Interest Groups Struggle to Define Themselves in Washington | p. 279 |
American Interests in the Balance? Do Ethnic Groups Dominate Foreign Policy Making? | p. 301 |
What Happened to the Japanese Lobby in Washington? The Decline of the Japan Lobby and the Rise of the New China Lobby | p. 322 |
Where Have All the Interest Groups Gone? An Analysis of Interest Group Participation in Presidential Nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States | p. 340 |
Emerging Issues, New Organizations: Interest Groups and the Making of Nanotechnology Policy | p. 366 |
The Well-informed Lobbyist: Information and Interest Group Lobbying | p. 389 |
Does K Street Run Through Capitol Hill? Lobbying Congress in the Republican Era | p. 412 |
Conclusion | |
Organized Interests, Political Parties, and Representation: James Madison, Tom DeLay, and the Soul of American Politics | p. 433 |
Index | p. 455 |
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