Interest Groups, Lobbying and Participation in America

by Kenneth M. Goldstein

Book Overview

More than individual attributes and attitudes motivate individuals to participate in politics and more goes into interest group influence than financial donations and direct activity. To answer fundamental questions about what determines when and why people participate in politics and how organized interests go about trying to influence legislative decision-making, we must understand how and why political leaders recruit which members of the public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052163962X
• ISBN13: 9780521639620
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"