Lobbying in America
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Ronald J. Hrebenar and Bryson B. Morgan.
Contributors: Morgan, Bryson B.
Series: Contemporary world issues series
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781598841121; 9781598841138
Subjects: Pressure groups -- United States; Lobbying -- United States
Description: Lobbying in America: A reference handbook offers readers an insightful survey of interest group politics in the United States -- the strategies, techniques, and impact both positive and negative. Written by one of the nation's premier scholars on the subject, it reveals the inner workings of the lobbying process like no other volume before it. Lobbying in America traces the growth of interest groups from the nation's infancy to the present. The book examines a range of related issues and controversies, including infamous scandals, attempts to regulate lobbying, and the overriding constitutional question of whether limiting money in politics is an infringement of free speech. Comparisons to lobbying systems in other countries as well as listings of key organizations and an extensive bibliography round out a volume that could not be more timely.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.