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.
Jadual kandungan
1. Introduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Groups Politics – Burdett A. Loomis, Allan J. Cigler
Part I. Internal Politics of Organized Interests
2. Organized Labor: Adaptive Strategies in Challenging Times – Peter L. Francia
3. Interest Group ‘Policy Agendas’: What are They? And How Might We Study Them? – Darren R. Halpin
4. Changing Polices/Changing Hearts and Minds: The Evolution of the LGBT Movement – Don Haider-Markel, Steven Sylvester
5. National Religious Lobbying: Dramatic Growth and Significance – Allen D. Hertzke
6. The Tea Party as an Interest: Movement? Group? Brand? Faction? – Burdett A. Loomis
Part II. Groups, Elections, and Money
7. The Rise of Dark Money – Lee Drutman
8. Sources of Congressional Candidates’ Funds: Does Interest Group Money Dominate? – Brian Kelleher Richter, Timothy Werner
9. Interest Group Interests in Congressional Primaries – Robert G. Boatright
Part III. Lobbying
10. Tobacco Industry Efforts to Influence Policy: When Interest Groups Face Opposition – Dorie Apollonio
11. Lobbying in the Shadows: How Private Interests Hide from Public Scrunity, and Why That Matters – Timothy M. La Pira
12. Ethnic Interest Groups and American Foreign Policy: How Influential? – James M. Mc Cormick
13. Interest Groups and America’s “Invisible Governments”: Patterns of Participation and Conflict in Special District Politics – Anthony J. Nownes, Josh Cole
14. Working the Angles: The Job of a Corporate Lobbyist – Robert Healy
15. The Power of Negative Lobbying – Amy Melissa Mc Kay
16. We Have Met the Lobbyists and They Are Us: When Governments Lobby Governments – Scott H. Ainsworth, Erik K. Godwin, R. Kenneth Godwin
Part IV. Conclusion
17. Advocacy in an Era of Inequality – Burdett A. Loomis, Anthony Nownes
Mengenai Pengarang
Dr. Anthony J. Nownes is a professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, where he has taught since 1995. His research interests include interest group politics, celebrity politics, and state government. His latest book, Mobilizing for Transgender Rights, will be published in 2019 by SUNY Press.
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