The Interest Group Connection

Author : Paul S. Herrnson
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Interest Group Connection written by Paul S. Herrnson and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Congress more partisan than ever, the White House eager to mobilize group support, the appropriations process in flux, and important interest group litigation in the courts, this volume confirms that navigating the complex world of inside-the-beltway politics is especially tricky. For interest groups, the name of the game is access. The Interest Group Connection’s twenty chapters show how organized interests gain that access in Washington. Brief and accessible readings explore the connections between lobbyists’ influence and American policymaking institutions and processes, as well as the crucial role interest groups play in organizing constituencies, protecting their rights, and giving them entrée into the political process. Given the current environment—new campaign finance laws, the prevalence of “527” committees, and a near-even electoral environment—the second edition provides an inside look at a changed political world.

Author : Jeffrey M Berry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317347595
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Interest Group Society written by Jeffrey M Berry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a great change in the interest groups in American politics and includes analysis of the legal limits of non-profit politics. It examines the effects of the new Democratic majorities on partisan lobbying, political action committee spending.

Author : Paul S. Hernson
Publisher : Chatham House Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781889119762
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Interest Group Connection written by Paul S. Hernson and published by Chatham House Pub. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized interest groups have always played important role in American politics. They organize constituencies affected by what government does - protecting their rights, defending their interests, and giving them a voice in the political process. This book examines interest group activities in Washington, DC. A fair and comprehensive assessment of the relationship between organized interests and federal policymakers, the book has now been substantially updated and revised in an all-new second edition. Broad in scope, it covers the electoral, legislative, judicial, and policy implementation process, as well as interactions between the policymaking institutions. The authors success in portraying the real nature of interest group politics is enhanced by their first-hand experience of the institutions and practitioners they are writing about.

Author : Carolyn M. Warner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400823684
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of an Interest Group written by Carolyn M. Warner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-27 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following World War II, the Catholic Church in Europe faced the challenge of establishing political influence with newly emerging democratic governments. The Church became, as Carolyn Warner pointedly argues, an interest group like any other, seeking to attain and solidify its influence by forming alliances with political parties. The author analyzes the Church's differing strategies in Italy, France, and Germany using microeconomic theories of the firm and historical institutionalism. She demonstrates how only a strategic perspective can explain the choice and longevity of the alliances in each case. In so doing, the author challenges earlier work that ignores the costs to interest groups and parties of sustaining or breaking their reciprocal links. Confessions of an Interest Group challenges the view of the Catholic Church as solely a moral force whose interests are seamlessly represented by the Christian Democratic parties. Blending theory, cultural narrative, and archival research, Warner demonstrates that the French Church's superficial and brief connection with a political party was directly related to its loss of political influence during the War. The Italian Church's power, on the other hand, remained stable through the War, so the Church and the Christian Democrats more easily found multiple grounds for long-term cooperation. The German Church chose yet another path, reluctantly aligning itself with a new Catholic-Protestant party. This book is an important work that expands the growing literature on the economics of religion, interest group behavior, and the politics of the Catholic Church.

Author : Allan J. Cigler
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1506316840
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interest Group Politics written by Allan J. Cigler and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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 lobbying, and advocacy and inequality. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and carefully edited for clarity and cohesion by the editors Allan J Cigler, Burdett A. Loomis, and Anthony J. Nownes.

Author : Glen Krutz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781738998470
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Government 3e written by Glen Krutz and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.

Author : Jennifer Nicoll Victor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190228210
Total Pages : 1011 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks written by Jennifer Nicoll Victor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1011 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics is intuitively about relationships, but until recently the network perspective has not been a dominant part of the methodological paradigm that political scientists use to study politics. This volume is a foundational statement about networks in the study of politics.

Author : Gene M. Grossman
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262571678
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Special Interest Politics written by Gene M. Grossman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the role that special interest groups play in modern democratic politics.

Author : Thomas T. Holyoke
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0813345820
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interest Groups and Lobbying written by Thomas T. Holyoke and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest groups and lobbyists play a crucial role in how public policy is made in the United States' representative democracy. By helping citizens organize and pursue their self-interests in the political arena, interest groups and lobbyists are an alternative but very effective form of representation. However, the adversarial nature of interest groups often fuels voter discomfort with the political process. Interest Groups and Lobbying is an accessible and comprehensive text that examines the crux of this conflict. Pulling together two areas of interest group research—why advocacy organizations form and how they are able to gain influence in Washington, DC—Thomas T. Holyoke shows students the inner workings of interest groups in the United States. Using case studies to clarify and expand on the issues surrounding lobbying and group action in federal, state, and local government, Holyoke explores how we can use interest groups and their adversarial impulse to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

Author : Frank R. Baumgartner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400822483
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Basic Interests written by Frank R. Baumgartner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generation ago, scholars saw interest groups as the single most important element in the American political system. Today, political scientists are more likely to see groups as a marginal influence compared to institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary. Frank Baumgartner and Beth Leech show that scholars have veered from one extreme to another not because of changes in the political system, but because of changes in political science. They review hundreds of books and articles about interest groups from the 1940s to today; examine the methodological and conceptual problems that have beset the field; and suggest research strategies to return interest-group studies to a position of greater relevance. The authors begin by explaining how the group approach to politics became dominant forty years ago in reaction to the constitutional-legal approach that preceded it. They show how it fell into decline in the 1970s as scholars ignored the impact of groups on government to focus on more quantifiable but narrower subjects, such as collective-action dilemmas and the dynamics of recruitment. As a result, despite intense research activity, we still know very little about how groups influence day-to-day governing. Baumgartner and Leech argue that scholars need to develop a more coherent set of research questions, focus on large-scale studies, and pay more attention to the context of group behavior. Their book will give new impetus and direction to a field that has been in the academic wilderness too long.