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Interest Group Politics

Tenth Edition

Edited by Allan J. Cigler; Burdett A. Loomis and Anthony J. Nownes

Interest Group Politics is the only comprehensive collection of articles on interest groups and lobbying written for undergraduates. The tenth edition offers 15 new contributions on a variety of topics, including classic analyses of how groups organize and seek to affect public policy, emerging trends such as the growth of transgender groups, and fresh studies that examine how lobbying has evolved in the Trump era.

No other text or reader provides the breath of coverage or the strength of detail in exploring the world of organized interests, from their internal structure to their electoral politics to their lobbying activities. The talented scholars in this edition, like those in previous volumes, continue to seek answers to a host of questions as to how groups evolve, how they compete with similar groups, how they influence elections, and how they lobby—across a wide range of issues.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 322 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-5381-2462-8 • Hardback • November 2019 • $117.00 • (£90.00)

978-1-5381-2463-5 • Paperback • November 2019 • $60.00 • (£46.00)

978-1-5381-2464-2 • eBook • November 2019 • $57.00 • (£44.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties, Political Science / American Government / General, Political Science / Political Process / General, Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy

Interest Group Politics

Tenth Edition

Hardback

Paperback

eBook

Summary

Interest Group Politics is the only comprehensive collection of articles on interest groups and lobbying written for undergraduates. The tenth edition offers 15 new contributions on a variety of topics, including classic analyses of how groups organize and seek to affect public policy, emerging trends such as the growth of transgender groups, and fresh studies that examine how lobbying has evolved in the Trump era.

No other text or reader provides the breath of coverage or the strength of detail in exploring the world of organized interests, from their internal structure to their electoral politics to their lobbying activities. The talented scholars in this edition, like those in previous volumes, continue to seek answers to a host of questions as to how groups evolve, how they compete with similar groups, how they influence elections, and how they lobby—across a wide range of issues.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 322 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-1-5381-2462-8 • Hardback • November 2019 • $117.00 • (£90.00)

978-1-5381-2463-5 • Paperback • November 2019 • $60.00 • (£46.00)

978-1-5381-2464-2 • eBook • November 2019 • $57.00 • (£44.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties, Political Science / American Government / General, Political Science / Political Process / General, Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy

Author

Allan J. Cigler (late) was Chancellor's Club Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas.

Burdett A. Loomis is professor of political science at the University of Kansas.

Anthony J. Nownes is professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Changing Nature of Interest Group Politics
PART I: GROUP DYNAMICS AND ELECTIONS
2. The Trump Effect: The American Civil Liberties Union Maximizes a Windfall (Burdett A. Loomis)
3. The National Rifle Association: Seeking Stability in an Era of Policy Competitors (Jay Goodliffe and Kelly D. Patterson)
4. The Formation and Survival of Transgender Rights Interest Groups in the United States (Anthony J. Nownes)
5. Religion in the Trump Era: The End to Religious Influence or the Beginning? (Paul A. Djupe)
6. Regional Governors Associations and Understanding Interest Group Organizational Change (Jennifer M. Jensen)
7. The Old and the New: Political Advertising by Outside Groups on Television and Online (Michael Franz)
PART II: GROUPS, LOBBYING, AND POLICY OUTCOMES
8. Contested Framing and Feedback after Big Policy Changes: How Interest Groups Compete to Shape State Charter School Policies (Thomas T. Holyoke and Heath Brown)
9. Interest Group Positions, Representation, and Policy Outcomes (Matt Grossmann)
10. How Big a Political Footprint? Interest Groups as Influence Enterprise (Timothy M. LaPira and Herschel F. Thomas)
11. Hedging Bets: Lobbying as Insurance for Business (Scott H. Ainsworth and James E. Monogan III)
12. Interest Group Policy Positions and Priorities (Darren Halpin and Bert Fraussen)
13. Regulating Lobbying in the United States (Adam J. Newmark)
14. Whose Opinion Matters? The Role of Elite Actors and Interest Groups on Setting the Abortion Agenda (Kellen A. Kane, Rebecca J. Kreitzer, and Emily U. Schilling)
15. President Obama’s Regulation of Lobbying and Lobbyists: Great Expectations, Promise(s) Unfulfilled (Conor McGrath)
16. Lobbying and the Balance of Power in American Politics (Anthony J. Nownes with Burdett A. Loomis)

Interest Group Politics

Tenth Edition

Edited by Allan J. Cigler; Burdett A. Loomis and Anthony J. Nownes

Interest Group Politics

Tenth Edition

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