Classics of Interest Group Behavior

Name: Classics of Interest Group Behavior
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ISBN: 9780534643843

ISBN-10: 0534643841

ISBN-13: 9780534643843

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert Alexander

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An edited collection of articles on interest group behavior, this reader includes a combination of classic and contemporary readings with topics including group formation and mobilization, group behavior, and influence. An introductory chapter to the book includes a general overview and discussion of research in the area of Interest Groups and in each chapter there is a brief overview to each section, a summary chapter that discusses the future of research as well as suggestions for further reading, including internet resources.

Book details

List price: $103.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 10/20/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Robert Alexander is the author of the bestselling novels "Rasputinas Daughter" and "The Kitchen Boy," He has spent thirty years traveling in Russia, where he has worked for the U.S. government and currently is a partner in a St. Petersburg company operating a number of businesses.



Preface



Introduction



Group Formation and Pluralism



Federalist No. 10




Political Associations in the United States




Group Activities




The Alleged Mischiefs of Faction




The Nature of the Problem




The Contagiousness of Conflict




The Higher Circles




Group Mobilization and Structure



From The Logic of Collective Action




Incentive Systems: A Theory of Organizations




An Exchange Theory of Interest Groups




The Origins and Maintenance of Interest Groups in America




The Three Modes of Political Mobilization




Interest Representation: The Dominance of Institutions




More of the Same: Washington Pressure Group Activity in a Decade of Change




Group Influence



Toward Juridical Democracy




From Demosclerosis




Issue Networks and the Executive Establishment




Organized Interests and Their Issue Niches




PACs, Contributions, and Roll Calls: An Organizational Perspective




Legislators and Interest Groups: How Unorganized Interests Get Represented




Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias in Congressional Committees




Structure and Uncertainty in Private Interest Representation



Index