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Examines the social origins of interest group politics in the USA. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centred on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by various interest groups including farmers, workers and women. This text analyzes organizational politics in three US states.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue 1: Partisan Politics: The Evil and the Remedy 2: Organizational Repertoires and Institutional Change 3: The Experiment Station: Political Innovation and Diffusion among the States 4: Neither Friends Nor Enemies: Organized Labor and Partisan Politics 5: From Agrarian Protest to Business Politics 6: Politics without Party: The Organizational Accomplishments of Disenfranchised Women 7: Challenge and Crystallization: The Institutionalization of Reform in Three States 8: "The Menace of New Privilege" Coda: In Practice, in Theory Notes References Index

The Peoples Lobby Organizational Innovation the

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 02/09/1997
      ISBN13: 9780226109923, 978-0226109923
      ISBN10: 0226109925
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the social origins of interest group politics in the USA. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centred on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by various interest groups including farmers, workers and women. This text analyzes organizational politics in three US states.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue 1: Partisan Politics: The Evil and the Remedy 2: Organizational Repertoires and Institutional Change 3: The Experiment Station: Political Innovation and Diffusion among the States 4: Neither Friends Nor Enemies: Organized Labor and Partisan Politics 5: From Agrarian Protest to Business Politics 6: Politics without Party: The Organizational Accomplishments of Disenfranchised Women 7: Challenge and Crystallization: The Institutionalization of Reform in Three States 8: "The Menace of New Privilege" Coda: In Practice, in Theory Notes References Index

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