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Shows that scholars have veered from one extreme to another not because of changes in the political system, but because of changes in political science. This book examines the methodological and conceptual problems that have beset the field; and suggests research strategies to return interest-group studies to a position of greater relevance.

Table of Contents
List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionCh. 1Progress and Confusion3Ch. 2Barriers to Accumulation22Ch. 3The Rise and Decline of the Group Approach44Ch. 4Collective Action and the New Literature on Interest Groups64Ch. 5Bias and Diversity in the Interest-Group System83Ch. 6The Dynamics of Bias100Ch. 7Building a Literature on Lobbying, One Case Study at a Time120Ch. 8Surveys of Interest-Group Activities147Ch. 9Learning from Experience168AppendixArticles on Interest Groups Published in the American Political Science Review, 1950-1995189References197Index217

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    Publisher: Princeton University Press
    Publication Date: 12/04/1998
    ISBN13: 9780691059150, 978-0691059150
    ISBN10: 0691059152
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Shows that scholars have veered from one extreme to another not because of changes in the political system, but because of changes in political science. This book examines the methodological and conceptual problems that have beset the field; and suggests research strategies to return interest-group studies to a position of greater relevance.

    Table of Contents
    List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionCh. 1Progress and Confusion3Ch. 2Barriers to Accumulation22Ch. 3The Rise and Decline of the Group Approach44Ch. 4Collective Action and the New Literature on Interest Groups64Ch. 5Bias and Diversity in the Interest-Group System83Ch. 6The Dynamics of Bias100Ch. 7Building a Literature on Lobbying, One Case Study at a Time120Ch. 8Surveys of Interest-Group Activities147Ch. 9Learning from Experience168AppendixArticles on Interest Groups Published in the American Political Science Review, 1950-1995189References197Index217

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