TY - GEN AB - Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States offers a thematic analysis of interest groups and lobbying in U.S. politics and over the course of American political history. It explores how interest groups have organized and articulated their support for numerous issues, and how have they grownboth in numbers and range of activitiesto become an integral part of the U.S. political system. This reference book presents multiple approaches to understanding the complex and changing interest advocacy sphere, from the foundations of interest groups during the late 18th century to the contemporary explosive growth of lobbying, political action committees, and new forms of interest group cyberpolitics. AU - Loomis, Burdett A., AU - Francia, Peter L. AU - Strolovitch, Dara Z. CN - Proquest Ebook Central CN - JK1118 CY - Washington, D.C. : DA - c2012. ID - 428581 KW - Pressure groups KW - Lobbying LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=793783 N1 - Description based on print version record. N2 - Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States offers a thematic analysis of interest groups and lobbying in U.S. politics and over the course of American political history. It explores how interest groups have organized and articulated their support for numerous issues, and how have they grownboth in numbers and range of activitiesto become an integral part of the U.S. political system. This reference book presents multiple approaches to understanding the complex and changing interest advocacy sphere, from the foundations of interest groups during the late 18th century to the contemporary explosive growth of lobbying, political action committees, and new forms of interest group cyberpolitics. PB - CQ Press, PP - Washington, D.C. : PY - c2012. SN - 9781608717743 (electronic bk.) T1 - Guide to interest groups and lobbying in the United States TI - Guide to interest groups and lobbying in the United States UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=793783 ER -