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9780787627942

Special Interest Group Profiles for Students

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    9780787627942

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    0787627941

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-09-01
  • Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning
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Summary

Special Interest Group Profiles for Students focuses on both the current workings of political parties, lobbies, political action committees and civic action groups and the historical events and people who shaped them, covering 175-200 prominent organizations. Entries follow a standard set of rubrics to facilitate comparison between agencies.

Table of Contents

Contents by Type of Special Interest Group ix
Advisors and Contributors xii
Preface xiii
Chronology xvii
A
Action on Smoking and Health
1(6)
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
7(6)
AIDS Action
13(6)
Air Line Pilots Association, International
19(4)
American Association of Health Plans
23(4)
American Association of Retired Persons
27(7)
American Bankers Association
34(4)
American Bar Association
38(6)
American Civil Liberties Union
44(6)
American Conservative Union
50(5)
American Dental Association
55(6)
American Family Association
61(5)
American Farm Bureau Federation
66(6)
American Federation of Government Employees
72(5)
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
77(7)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
84(5)
American Federation of Teachers
89(7)
American Foundation for AIDS Research
96(6)
American Health Care Association
102(4)
American Hospital Association
106(5)
American Indian Movement
111(7)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
118(6)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
124(5)
American Jewish Congress
129(5)
American Legion
134(6)
American Library Association
140(5)
American Medical Association
145(6)
American Nurses Association
151(6)
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
157(6)
American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam
163(4)
Amnesty International USA
167(6)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
173(5)
Association on American Indian Affairs
178(6)
C
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
184(6)
Center for Defense Information
190(5)
Center for Responsive Politics
195(4)
Center for Strategic and International Studies
199(6)
Center for Study of Responsive Law
205(5)
Children's Defense Fund
210(5)
Choice in Dying
215(6)
Christian Coalition
221(5)
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
226(5)
Citizens for Tax Justice
231(5)
Co-Op America
236(7)
Common Cause
243(5)
Communications Workers of America
248(5)
Concerned Women for America
253(4)
Congressional Black Causus
257(5)
Consumer Alert
262(5)
Consumer Federation of America
267(5)
Consumers Union of the United States
272(5)
Council of Better Business Bureaus
277(6)
Council on Competitiveness
283(5)
Council on Foreign Relations
288(4)
Credit Union National Association and Affiliates
292(4)
D
Disabled American Veterans
296(5)
E
Eagle Forum
301(4)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
305(6)
EMILY's List
311(5)
F
Families and Work Institute
316(5)
Family Research Council
321(5)
Fraternal Order of Police
326(4)
G
Gray Panthers
330(5)
Greenpeace USA
335(5)
H
Handgun Control, Inc
340(5)
Health Insurance Association of America
345(6)
Human Rights Campaign
351(6)
Humane Society of the United States
357(6)
I
Independent Insurance Agents of America
363(5)
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
368(5)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
373(6)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
379(7)
J
Japanese American Citizens League
386(6)
John Birch Society
392(5)
K
Knights of Columbus
397(4)
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
401(6)
L
Laborers' International Union of North America
407(6)
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
413(5)
League of Women Voters of the United States
418(6)
M
Morality in Media
424(5)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
429(7)
Motion Picture Association of America
436(5)
N
National Abortion and Reproductive Action League
441(6)
National Academy of Sciences
447(6)
National Association for Advancement of Colored People
453(7)
National Association of Broadcasters
460(6)
National Association of Home Builders
466(5)
National Association of Letter Carriers
471(6)
National Association of Life Underwriters
477(6)
National Association of Manufacturers
483(5)
National Association of Realtors
488(5)
National Audubon Society
493(6)
National Automobile Dealers Association
499(6)
National Cable Television Association
505(4)
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
509(6)
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
515(6)
National Coalition for the Homeless
521(6)
National Committee for an Effective Congress
527(5)
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
532(5)
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
537(6)
National Congress of American Indians
543(6)
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
549(5)
National Cotton Council of America
554(5)
National Council of La Raza
559(5)
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
564(4)
National Education Association
568(6)
National Federation of Independent Business
574(5)
National Federation of the Blind
579(5)
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
584(5)
National Governors' Association
589(5)
National Grange, The
594(6)
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
600(6)
National Organization for Women
606(6)
National Organization on Disability
612(5)
National Restaurant Association
617(5)
National Rifle Association of America
622(6)
National Right to Work Committee
628(4)
National Right-to-Life Committee
632(5)
National Small Business United
637(4)
National Taxpayers Union
641(4)
National Trust for Historic Preservation
645(6)
National Urban League
651(5)
National Wildlife Federation
656(5)
National Women's Political Caucus
661(6)
O
Operation Rescue National
667(5)
Organization of Chinese Americans
672(5)
P
Peace Action
677(6)
People for the American Way
683(5)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
688(7)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
695(6)
Project Vote Smart
701(4)
R
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
705(6)
Rutherford Institute, The
711(4)
S
Service Employees International Union
715(5)
Sierra Club
720(6)
T
Transport Workers Union of America
726(4)
U
U.S. English
730(5)
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
735(7)
United Farm Workers of America
742(7)
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
749(5)
United Mine Workers of America
754(6)
United Nations Association of the United States of America
760(4)
United States Chamber of Commerce
764(6)
United States Public Interest Research Group
770(5)
United Steelworkers of America
775(6)
United Transportation Union
781(5)
V
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
786(5)
W
Wilderness Society, The
791(5)
WISH List, The
796(4)
World Wildlife Fund
800(8)
Glossary 808(16)
Index 824

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