Lobbying and Policy Change

by Baumgartner, Frank R.

• ISBN13: 9780226039459
• ISBN10: 0226039455
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-30
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Washington lobbies are far less influential than political rhetoric suggests. In fact, sixty percent of recent lobbying campaigns failed to change policy despite millions of dollars spent trying. Lobbying and Policy Change explains why.

Author Biography

Frank R. Baumgartner is the Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne Professor of Political Science at Penn State University. Jeffrey M. Berry is the John Richard Skuse Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. Marie Hojnacki is associate professor of political science at Penn State University. David C. Kimball is associate professor of political science at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Beth L. Leech is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Advocacy, Public Policy, and Policy Change	p. 1
Incrementalism and the Status Quo	p. 29
Structure or Chaos?	p. 46
Opposition and Obstacles	p. 68
Partisanship and Elections	p. 90
Strategic Choices	p. 110
Arguments	p. 129
Tactics	p. 149
Washington: The Real No-Spin Zone	p. 166
Does Money Buy Public Policy?	p. 190
Policy Outcomes	p. 215
Rethinking Policy Change	p. 239
Methodological Appendix	p. 261
Notes	p. 303
Index	p. 327
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