The Politics Of Interests: Interest Groups Transformed / Edition 1

by Mark P Petracca

Overview

Have special interests taken over the country, derailing the public agenda and threatening representative democracy? Or is it possible that the maturation of interest group politics will yield a more pluralistic and balanced society? Interest groups have changed over the past two decades, and so have the ways in which we study them. This volume cha

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367318895
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2019
Pages:	421
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark P. Petracca is associate professor of political science at the University of California at Irvine.

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Approaches to Interest Groups — The Rediscovery of Interest Group Politics — A Deliberative Theory of Interest Representation — Interest Groups and the Policymaking Process: Sources of Countervailing Power in America — American Interest Groups in Comparative Perspective — The Organization of Interests — Interest Group Membership and Organization: Multiple Theories — Triangles, Networks, and Hollow Cores: The Complex Geometry of Washington Interest Representation — Changing Patterns of Interest Group Activity: A Regional Perspective — The Political Mobilization of Business — Political Institutions and Interest Groups — Organized Interests and the Nation's Capitol — Interest Mobilization and the Presidency — Representing the Public Interest: Consumer Groups and the Presidency — Conservative Interest Group Litigation in the Reagan Era and Beyond — Interest Group Activity and Influence — Social Movements as Interest Groups: The Case of the Women's Movement — Money, Technology, and Political Interests: The Direct Marketing of Politics — The Rise and Fall of Special Interest Politics — Looking Ahead — The Future of an Interest Group Society — Appendix

Editorial Reviews

Sixteen original essays chart the changes in interest group theory, organization, activity, and the influence of interest groups in the US. The mobilization of particular interests--including business, women, conservatives, and consumers--is given special attention. Suitable to supplement the text in a number of courses in American politics. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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