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

by Clyde Wilcox

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568029225
• ISBN13: 9781568029221
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 393 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

review appeared in May 1998 issue of Choice

The editors of this excellent book have brought together a collection of useful and interesting essays on the role(s) of interest groups in the US political system, particularly at the federal level. The contributions treat a range of interest group activities focused on four major areas: elections, Congress, the executive, and judicial selection and case activity. These essays are framed by a general introduction to the different types of interest groups and their activities and by an assessment of their place in the contemporary political system. Aimed primarily at a student audience, the book would be a valuable resource for anyone curious about what interest groups do and why they do it. Recommended at all levels. - A.L. Crothers, Illinois State University