Analyzing Interest Groups

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Group Influence on People and Policies

By: Scott H. Ainsworth

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Paperback | 8 January 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Analyzing Interest Groups explores the various contexts in which interest groups operate (from each branch of government to electoral and grassroots politics) and offers a wide range of examples (from the experiences of early farm groups, to the modern experiences of groups like the NAACP, Greenpeace, and the NRA), providing knowledge necessary to analyze these groups.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Central Government Business & Management Political Activism Pressure Groups & Lobbying

List of Figures and Tables	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Groups and Individuals
Interest Groups and the Changing Nature of Political Science	p. 3
Institutionalism	p. 4
Interest Groups and Pluralism	p. 5
Critics of Pluralism	p. 6
Formal Theory: An Operating Theory of Politics	p. 7
Notes	p. 8
Why Do Individuals Join Groups?	p. 10
Introduction	p. 10
David B. Truman and the Formation of Interest Groups	p. 11
Mancur Olson and the Formation of Interest Groups	p. 14
Evidence and Empirical Concerns	p. 23
New Insights	p. 28
Conclusion	p. 31
Notes	p. 33
Interest Group Entrepreneurs	p. 36
Introduction	p. 36
What Are the Marks of Entrepreneurship?	p. 38
Salisbury's Exchange Theory	p. 39
Entrepreneurs and Coordination	p. 44
Group Entrepreneurs as Government Agents	p. 49
Theory and Practice: Tools for Today's Entrepreneurs	p. 55
Conclusion	p. 60
Notes	p. 61
Representing Interests	p. 65
Introduction	p. 65
Identifying Majoritarian Interests	p. 66
Principals and Agents	p. 67
Groups and Democratic Governance	p. 69
Decision Making in Groups	p. 71
Social Choice Theory and Group Decision Making	p. 73
Solutions to Unraveling	p. 80
Examples of Group Governance	p. 82
Conclusion	p. 88
Notes	p. 89
Summary of Part I	p. 93
Groups and Government
The Lobbying Environment in Washington	p. 99
Introduction	p. 99
Interests and the Government	p. 100
A Brief History of Interest Representation in Washington	p. 102
Changes in Congress: Leadership and Committees	p. 106
Lobbying Enterprises and Reverse Lobbying	p. 109
Who's Represented in Washington	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 115
Notes	p. 116
Lobbying	p. 119
Introduction	p. 119
The Day-to-Day Context of Lobbying	p. 119
Legislator-Lobbyist Interactions	p. 121
The Representation Problem	p. 122
Characterizing the Legislator-Lobbyist Interaction	p. 125
Statutory Regulations of Lobbyists	p. 128
Informal Means of Regulating Lobbyists	p. 130
Does the System Work?	p. 135
Theory and Practice: Interpreting Rules and Guidelines for Lobbying	p. 136
Conclusion	p. 138
Notes	p. 139
Organized Interests and the Executive and Judicial Branches	p. 144
Introduction	p. 144
Executive Branch Lobbying	p. 145
Organized Interests and the Courts	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 161
Notes	p. 162
Organized Interests in the Electorate: Grassroots Politics	p. 167
Introduction	p. 167
Early Examples of Grassroots Campaigns	p. 168
Grassroots Today	p. 169
Groups and the Media	p. 174
Ballot Initiatives and Referenda	p. 176
The Representation Problem Revisited: Organizing Others' Grassroots	p. 180
Conclusion	p. 181
Notes	p. 181
Elections, Groups, and Money	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
A Brief History of Money and Elections	p. 186
Who Forms PACs?	p. 188
Cash Flow: Who Gets PAC Money?	p. 192
Effects of Group Money on Elections	p. 198
Vote Buying in the House	p. 199
Conclusion	p. 200
Notes	p. 202
Conclusion	p. 206
Introduction	p. 206
Governmental Responsiveness and Contradictory Demands	p. 207
Groups and the Distribution of Social Costs	p. 212
Problems Associated with an Interest Group Society and Their Possible Solutions	p. 213
Are Groups Solely Responsible for the Problems within an Interest Group Society?	p. 215
What Is to Be Done?	p. 219
Conclusion	p. 220
Notes	p. 221
Glossary of Formal Terms	p. 224
References	p. 229
Books and Scholarly Articles	p. 229
Court Cases	p. 246
Media Sources	p. 246
Index	p. 251
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