The Interest Group Connection: Electioneering, Lobbying, and Policymaking in Washington - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568029225 ISBN 13: 9781568029221

Publisher: CQ Press, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul S. Herrnson is director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship and professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Congressional Elections: Campaigning at Home and in Washington, 4th ed. (2004) and Party Campaigning in the 1980s (1988) and coauthor of The Financiers of Congressional Elections (2003). He is coeditor of several volumes, including War Stories from Capitol Hill (2003), Responsible Partisanship? The Evolution of American Political Parties Since 1950 (2003), Multiparty Politics in America, 2nd ed. (2002), and Playing Hardball: Campaigning for the U.S. Congress (2000). He has served as an American Political Science Association congressional fellow and has received several teaching awards, including an Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1568029225
• ISBN 13: 9781568029221
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 393
• Editor: Herrnson Paul S., Shaiko Ronald G., Wilcox Clyde