Interest groups and lobbyists play a crucial role in how public policy is made in the United States' representative democracy. By helping citizens organize and

Understanding why individuals participate in politics demands attention to more than just individual attributes and attitudes. Similarly, understanding how inte

This latest volume in the CQ Press series on vital statistics in American politics tackles interest groups and lobbying. This book builds from data that has bee

Offers a thematic analysis of interest groups and lobbying in American politics and over the course of American political history. Explores how interest groups

Political executives have been at the centre of public and scholarly attention long before the inception of modern political science. In the contemporary world,