Title: The people's lobby : organizational innovation and the rise of interest group politics in the United States, 1890-1925 /
Authors: Clemens, Elisabeth Stephanie, 1958-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Lobbying United States History.; Pressure groups United States History.; Organizational change United States History.; Social institutions United States History.; Institution building History.; United States Politics and government
Abstract: In this pathbreaking work, Elisabeth S. Clemens recovers the social origins of interest group politics in the United States. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centered on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by increasingly prominent legislative and administrative policymaking as well as the insistent participation of nonpartisan organizations.