Strange Bedfellows: Interest Group Coalitions, Diverse Partners, and Influence in American Social Policy

ISBN-13: 9781107170360 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 196 str.

Robin Phinney

Opis

This book develops a new theory of collaborative lobbying and influence to explain how antipoverty advocates gain influence in American social policymaking.

Spis treści

1. Interest groups, lobbying, and influence in American social policy; 2. A theory of diverse coalitions; 3. An empirical investigation of collaboration in the policy process; 4. Policy change and interest group involvement on welfare issues; 5. Organizational advocacy and collaboration in the 104th Congress; 6. Diverse coalitions and resource mobilization; 7. Diverse coalitions and political signaling; 8. The conditions of diverse coalition formation; 9. Interest group coalitions in American social policy: implications and extensions.