"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...

Abstract Immigrant-serving nonprofit organizations registered and mobilized thousands of new voters in 2012. These efforts were abetted by philanthropic foundation which, since the early 2000s, have prioritized immigration policy and immigrant issues. Other foundations, hostile to illegal...

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...

Research on bureaucratic behavior suggests that agencies are more likely to use the implementation process to extend their power and influence under particular circumstances. I argue that when an agency has been delegated considerable power by Congress, but provided only vague guidance on how to...