The hollow core
Subtitle: private interests in national policy making
By: John P. Heinz ... [et al.].
Contributors: Heinz, John P., 1936-
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
Subjects: Lobbying -- United States.; Pressure groups -- United States.; Agriculture and state -- United States -- Decision making.; Energy policy -- United States -- Decision making.; Medical policy -- United States -- Decision making.; Labor policy -- United States -- Decision making.
Description: Draws on interviews with interest groups, lobbyists and government officials to assess private organizations' efforts to influence federal policy in agriculture, energy, health and labour policy. They reveal and explain the absence of any central core of influentials in the policy process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-439) and index.