Basic Interests : the Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science.

Basic Interests : the Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science.

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...

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Main Author: Baumgartner, Frank R.
Other Authors: Leech, Beth L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Pressure groups > United States.
Lobbying > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Lobbying
Pressure groups
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. Progress and Confusion; Chapter Two. Barriers to Accumulation; Chapter Three. The Rise and Decline of the Group Approach; Chapter Four. Collective Action and the New Literature on Interest Groups; Chapter Five. Bias and Diversity in the Interest-Group System; Chapter Six. The Dynamics of Bias; Chapter Seven. Building a Literature on Lobbying, One Case Study at a Time; Chapter Eight. Surveys of Interest-Group Activities; Chapter Nine. Learning from Experience.
  • Appendix. Articles on Interest Groups Published in the American Political Science Review, 1950"1995References; Index.

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