Interest Group Politics

Author:   Allan J. Cigler ,  Burdett A. Loomis ,  Anthony J Nownes
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   9th Revised edition
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9781483374819


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   02 July 2015
Format:   Paperback
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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.

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Author:   Allan J. Cigler ,  Burdett A. Loomis ,  Anthony J Nownes
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   9th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781483374819


ISBN 10:   1483374815
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   02 July 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Groups Politics - Burdett A. Loomis, Allan J. Cigler Part I. Internal Politics of Organized Interests 2. Organized Labor: Adaptive Strategies in Challenging Times - Peter L. Francia 3. Interest Group ‘Policy Agendas’: What are They? And How Might We Study Them? - Darren R. Halpin 4. Changing Polices/Changing Hearts and Minds: The Evolution of the LGBT Movement - Don Haider-Markel, Steven Sylvester 5. National Religious Lobbying: Dramatic Growth and Significance - Allen D. Hertzke 6. The Tea Party as an Interest: Movement? Group? Brand? Faction? - Burdett A. Loomis Part II. Groups, Elections, and Money 7. The Rise of Dark Money - Lee Drutman 8. Sources of Congressional Candidates’ Funds: Does Interest Group Money Dominate? - Brian Kelleher Richter, Timothy Werner 9. Interest Group Interests in Congressional Primaries - Robert G. Boatright Part III. Lobbying 10. Tobacco Industry Efforts to Influence Policy: When Interest Groups Face Opposition - Dorie Apollonio 11. Lobbying in the Shadows: How Private Interests Hide from Public Scrunity, and Why That Matters - Timothy M. LaPira 12. Ethnic Interest Groups and American Foreign Policy: How Influential? - James M. McCormick 13. Interest Groups and America’s “Invisible Governments”: Patterns of Participation and Conflict in Special District Politics - Anthony J. Nownes, Josh Cole 14. Working the Angles: The Job of a Corporate Lobbyist - Robert Healy 15. The Power of Negative Lobbying - Amy Melissa McKay 16. We Have Met the Lobbyists and They Are Us: When Governments Lobby Governments - Scott H. Ainsworth, Erik K. Godwin, R. Kenneth Godwin Part IV. Conclusion 17. Advocacy in an Era of Inequality - Burdett A. Loomis, Anthony Nownes

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Shadow lobbyists, dark money, foreign interest groups, negative lobbying, church politics, big tobacco, little special district governance, and the Tea Party,...Cigler, Loomis, and Nownes really have it all! With concise and well-written articles, Interest Group Politics once again makes contributions to the field of interest group scholarship even while it remains an indispensable tool for undergraduate and graduate education. It should be in every political science major's book bag and on every professor's shelf. -- Thomas Holyoke One can count on very few fingers the number of texts of this sort that have survived over so many editions and over so many years in the face of repeated challengers. But there is a reason for this. Interest Group Politics has remained fresh and exciting, always reflecting - and sometimes leading - the dynamic changes in the developing field of interest representation over recent decades. The current edition is no exception. Interest Groups Politics remains an essential tool in teaching the politics of organized interests. -- David Lowery Interest Group Politics is a tour-de-force. This edition raises the bar and provides the reader with critically relevant analyses of labor and the Tea Party, among other organized interests, and comprehensive coverage of interest group electioneering and lobbying efforts. It's all here, and every scholar and student of interest groups should have this book and pore over the detail and data in each chapter. -- Michael Franz This new edition once again makes it possible to learn about interest group politics through cutting-edge research by top scholars. The breadth and insight of these volumes make them valuable to professors and students alike. -- Beth Leech


Author Information

Allan J. Cigler is Chancellor′s Club Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. He received his doctorate from Indiana University. His research and writing focus on parties and interest groups, particularly on the relationship between the two mediating institutions. Burdett A. Loomis is professor of political science at the University of Kansas. A former American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and recipient of a Kemper Teaching Award, he has written extensively on legislatures, political careers, interest groups, and policymaking. Dr. Anthony J. Nownes is a professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, where he has taught since 1995. His research interests include interest group politics, celebrity politics, and state government. His latest book, Mobilizing for Transgender Rights, will be published in 2019 by SUNY Press.

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