"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 pursue their self-interests in the political arena, interest groups and lobbyists are an alternative but very effective form of...

"Interest Groups and Lobbying shows how political organizations and their lobbyists play a crucial role in how policy is made in the United States. It cuts through the myths and misconceptions about interest groups and lobbyists with an accessible and comprehensive text supported by real world...

Chapter One: policy fragmentation -- Eras of survival and accommodation -- Chapter Two: dreams of reclamation -- Chapter Three: pressures to adapt -- Chapter Four: politics and the Colorado river -- Chapter Five: great projects and great controversies -- Part Two: era of competition -- Chapter...

Concerns about a digital divide in US politics that separates those who have and do not have access to technology have persisted for decades. Those concerns are prominent for immigrants and ethno-racial minorities who have tended to participate in politics, in general, and digital politics, in...

Intense competition can compel lobbyists to exaggerate the benefits the government would see in tax returns and social welfare if agency officials allocate such resources to the lobbyist’s members. This incentive to misrepresent grows when information asymmetry exists between lobbyists and...

The last decades have witnessed an increased interest in community-development policy implementation processes, emphasizing bottom-up, or community-based, solutions to urban problems. Two lines of research have focused on: (1) the non-profit sector as a vehicle for using policy to connect poor...