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9781568021591

Interest Group Politics

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    9781568021591

  • ISBN10:

    1568021593

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-08-01
  • Publisher: Cq Pr

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Summary

A new edition of the classic collection of essays on organize and how interests seek to affect election results and public policies. The new edition of this best-selling reader features 18 original essays -- nearly all of them new to this edition -- by top scholars in the field to present multiple, up-to-date perspectives on the formation, inner workings, and effectiveness of organized interests in politics. This scholarly but most accessible collection gives readers a comprehensive picture of the formation of pressure groups, their role in the electoral process, and their influence in policy making. The authors have revised and updated their excellent introductory chapter that offers an insightful summary of how interest group politics is changing and the impact to expect from these changes.

Author Biography

Allan J. Cigler is Chancellor's Club Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Contributorsp. ix
Introduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Group Politicsp. 1
Group Organization
Groups, Social Capital, and Democratic Orientationsp. 37
The National Rifle Association in the Face of the Clinton Challengep. 55
Collective Entrepreneurialism and Breast Cancer Advocacyp. 79
Just Another Tool? How Environmental Groups Use the Internetp. 95
Groups in the Electoral Process
Interest Group Money in Electionsp. 117
Campaigning outside the Law: Interest Group Issue Advocacyp. 141
A Distant Thunder? Religious Mobilization in the 2000 Electionsp. 161
Interests, Lobbying, and the U.S. Congress: Past as Prologuep. 185
Groups in the Policymaking Process
What Corporations Really Want from Government: The Public Provision of Private Goodsp. 205
Corporate Lobbyists as Political Actors: A View from the Fieldp. 225
Lobbying the Press: "Talk to the People Who Talk to America"p. 249
Organized Interests and Issue Definition in Policy Debatesp. 275
High-Tech Learns to Play the Washington Game: The Political Education of Bill Gates and Other Nerdsp. 293
Exchange Theory and the Institutional Impetus for Interest Group Formationp. 313
Assessments
Interest Groups and Gridlockp. 333
Cracks in the Armor? Interest Groups and Foreign Policyp. 355
Conclusion
Always Involved, Rarely Central: Organized Interests in American Politicsp. 381
Indexp. 393
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