The role of lobbying in representative self-government
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Lobbying Activities
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Published: 1950
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Lobbying Activities
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Published: 1950
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: THOMAS T. HOLYOKE
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Published: 2019-06-14
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780367097486
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas Holyoke
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 representation. However, the adversarial nature of interest groups often fuels voter discomfort with the political process. Interest Groups and Lobbying is an accessible and comprehensive text that examines the crux of this conflict. Pulling together two areas of interest group research-why advocacy organizations form and how they are able to gain influence in Washington, DC-Thomas T. Holyoke shows students the inner workings of interest groups in the United States. Using case studies to clarify and expand on the issues surrounding lobbying and group action in federal, state, and local government, Holyoke explores how we can use interest groups and their adversarial impulse to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Author: Glen Krutz
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Published: 2023-05-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781738998470
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2014-11-27
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9264214224
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report takes stock of progress made in implementing the 2010 Recommendation on Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying – the only international instrument addressing major risks in the public decision-making process related to lobbying.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Lobbying Activities
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Published: 1950
Total Pages: 1636
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Lobbying Activities
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Published: 1950
Total Pages: 1630
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Lobbying Activities
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Published: 1950
Total Pages: 1804
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lee Drutman
Publisher: Studies in Postwar American Po
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 0190215518
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying, 95 represent business. The largest companies now have upwards of 100 lobbyists representing them. How did American businesses become so invested in politics? And what does all their money buy? Drawing on extensive data and original interviews with corporate lobbyists, The Business of America is Lobbying provides a fascinating and detailed picture of what corporations do in Washington, why they do it, and why it matters. Prior to the 1970s, very few corporations had Washington offices. But a wave of new government regulations and declining economic conditions mobilized business leaders. Companies developed new political capacities, and managers soon began to see public policy as an opportunity, not just a threat. Ever since, corporate lobbying has become increasingly more pervasive, more proactive, and more particularistic. Lee Drutman argues that lobbyists drove this development, helping managers to see why politics mattered, and how proactive and aggressive engagement could help companies' bottom lines. All this lobbying doesn't guarantee influence. Politics is a messy and unpredictable bazaar, and it is more competitive than ever. But the growth of lobbying has driven several important changes that make business more powerful. The status quo is harder to dislodge; policy is more complex; and, as Congress increasingly becomes a farm league for K Street, more and more of Washington's policy expertise now resides in the private sector. These and other changes increasingly raise the costs of effective lobbying to a level only businesses can typically afford. Lively and engaging, rigorous and nuanced, The Business of America is Lobbying will change how we think about lobbying-and how we might reform it.