An excellent introductory resource, this compilation covers the major research, literature, and possible future directions of the study of interest groups.
This authoritative work from CQ Press will find an audience not only with students and scholars, but also with policy advocates.
The Ninth Edition offers 15 new contributions on a variety of topics including organized labor, the LGBT movement, religious lobbying, the Tea Party, the tobacco industry, the role of “dark money” in campaign funding, the profession of ...
Interest Groups in American Politics, Second Edition, is grounded by the role of information in interest group activity, a theme that runs through the entire book.
Offering a thematic analysis of interest groups and lobbying in American politics and over the course of American political history, this title takes the reader from the foundation of interest groups to contemporary cyberpolitics and more.
In addition, MySearchLab offers extensive content on the research process itself—including tips on how to navigate and maximize time in the campus library, a step-by-step guide on writing a research paper, and instructions on how to ...
Woodward,B.(1987) Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981–1987, New York: Simon & Schuster. ——(1991) The Commanders ... May 2003–January 2005, Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Yaqub,S.
How Policies Make Interest Groups is trenchant, essential reading for anyone seeking to understand why some voices in American politics mean more than others.
This latest volume in the CQ Press series on vital statistics in American politics tackles interest groups and lobbying.
Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram described how various “target populations”—that is, social or political constituencies that are the objects of many policy programs—are ...
For researchers in nonprofit and civil society studies, political science, economics, management and social enterprise, this is the most systematic appraisal of a rapidly growing field.