Interest Groups and Congress: Lobbying, Contributions, and Influence
- ISBN-10
- 0321121872
- ISBN-13
- 9780321121875
- Category
- Pressure groups
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Longman
- Author
- John R. Wright
Description
Re-issued as part of the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series, Wright's authoritative text on interest groups in the U.S. features a new Foreword, by Bruce Oppenheimer of Vanderbilt University that explores the text's enduring contributions to the discipline. Wright's renowned text surveys the history, organization, aims and processes of interest groups to explain how they influence and affect public policy and opinion in the US Congress.
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Other editions
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- 2008-12-31
- 214 pages
- Paperback
- Pearson
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- 1996
- 214 pages
- Paperback
- Allyn and Bacon
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