Interest group politics

Author(s)

• Cigler, Allan J.
• Loomis, Burdett A.

Bibliographic Information

Interest group politics

edited by Allan J. Cigler, Burdett A. Loomis

CQ Press, c2012

8th ed

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

After a turbulent and moneyed midterm election season, turn to the new edition of this trusted classic to guide your students through the influence and reach of interest groups. With its broad spectrum of scholarship on interest groups past and present, Interest Group Politics once again brings together noted political scientists to provide comprehensive coverage and cutting-edge research on interest groups in U.S. politics. Contributors examine the growth of social networks in lobbying, the actions of organized interests during the health care reform debate, campaign mobilization and congressional decision making from the group perspective, and more.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Group Politics - Burdett A. Loomis and Allan J. Cigler PART ONE: GROUP ORGANIZATION Learning to Lobby: Groups, Venues, and Information in 18th-Century America - Burdett A. Loomis Reappraising the Survival Question: Why We Should Focus on Interest Group Organizational Form and Careers - Darren Halpin and Anthony J. Nownes Trade Associations, the Collective Action Dilemma, and the Problem of Cohesion - Lee Drutman Dissenting Doctors: The Internal Politics of the AMA during the Health Care Reform Debate - Maryann Barakso Learning Civic Leadership: Leader Skill Development in the Sierra Club - Matthew Baggetta, Chaeyoon Lim, Kenneth T. Andrews, Marshall Ganz, and Hahrie C. Hahn PART TWO: GROUPS AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS Interest Group Money in the 2008 Federal Election - Allan J. Cigler Interest Group Television Advertising in Presidential and Congressional Elections - Michael Franz Bridging the Gap between Political Parties and Interest Groups - Michael T. Heaney PART THREE: GROUPS AND POLICYMAKING Issue Advertising and Legislative Advocacy in Health Politics - Richard L. Hall and Richard Anderson Gridlock Lobbying: Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate - Jennifer Nicoll Victor Not Just Another Special Interest: The Intergovernmental Lobby Revisited - Beverly A. Cigler The Rise and Fall and Rise of the China Lobby in the United States - Ronald J. Hrebenar and Clive S. Thomas Ethnic Interest Groups and American Foreign Policy: A Growing Interest? - James M. McCormick The Allure of Reform: The Increasing Demand for Health Care Lobbying From Clinton's Task Force to Obama's Big [Expletive] Deal - Timothy M. LaPira PART FOUR: CONCLUSION Stalemate Meets Uncertainty: Organized Interests in a Partisan Era - Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis

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Details

• NCID: BB07354283
• ISBN:
  • 9781604266375
• LCCN: 2011025072
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 419 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JK1118
  • DC23 : 322.4/30973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pressure groups -- United States